NEW: Defense Sec. Esper says he 'didn't see' specific evidence that Iran was readying to attack 4 US embassies, as President Trump claimed last week, though Esper says he shares Trump's view that such an attack was 'probably' in the works.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that he"didn't see" specific evidence that Iran was readying to attack four U.S. embassies, as President Donald Trump claimed last week, though Esper said he shared Trump's view that such an attack was"probably" in the works.
After telling reporters that Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike this month, sought to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, TrumpFox News host Laura Ingraham in a Friday interview:"I can reveal that I believe it would have been four embassies" Soleimani was plotting against.
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