The White House is pushing back on the counterterrorism director’s reasons for resigning. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the resignation letter from Joe Kent, the outgoing director of the U-S National Counterterrorism Center, was “filled with falsehoods.” Kent had said that Iran did not pose an imminent threat, which Leavitt argued flew in the face of […]
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White House disputes U.S. counterterrorism director’s Iran claims
The White House is pushing back on the counterterrorism director’s reasons for resigning. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the resignation letter from Joe Kent, the outgoing director of the U-S National Counterterrorism Center, was “filled with falsehoods.” Kent had said that Iran did not pose an imminent threat, which Leavitt argued flew in the face of “strong and compelling evidence.”