Trump defense secretary 'didn't see' specific intelligence showing Iran would attack 4 embassies
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Sunday said that he hadn't seen evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim that a top Iranian general killed by a U.S. airstrike was “actively planning” imminent attacks on four American embassies, saying that he “didn’t see” specific intelligence to support that assertion.
During an appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Esper noted that while the president pointed out that he “believed” the attacks on multiple embassies was imminent, there wasn’t actually any direct evidence to support his assertion. “Well, the president didn’t say there was a tangible—he didn’t cite a specific piece of evidence,” the Pentagon chief replied. Story continues“I didn’t see one with regard to four embassies,” Esper admitted. “What I’m saying is I shared the president’s view that probably, my expectation is they were going to go after our embassies.”
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