Mark Esper's comments came after Trump said that he believed four U.S. embassies would have been attacked if Soleimani was not killed.
, Trump's national security adviser Robert O'Brien declined to say that he knew of specific evidence that Iran was planning attacks against U.S. embassies.
While Trump and his administration have repeatedly insisted that the threat of an attack on American interests in the Middle East was"imminent," they have shared what many view to be conflicting statements publicly.
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