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President Trump slammed the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned in protest over the war with Iran as "weak on security." NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports.
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Joe Kent, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned over his opposition to the war in Iran. He had backed President Trump because Trump vowed not to get involved in new wars in the Middle East.
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National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent says Trump "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".
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Mr. Kent is the first Trump administration official to quit in opposition to the conflict. He said pressure from Israel had pushed the president into war against Iran.
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"Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation," Kent wrote in his letter to President Donald Trump.
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