ThePrintPod: Joe Kent, top US Counterterrorism official in Trump administration who resigned over Iran war

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Joe Kent, who led the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation in a letter addressed to President Donald Trump and posted publicly on X on Tuesday, 17 March. In the letter, he said he could not support the war “in good conscience”. Samah Qundeel explains who he is and what his resignation means for the Trump administration.

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