Top Trump counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Iran, saying it "posed no imminent threat to our nation"

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Original Load Date March 17, 2026, 11 a.m.
Last Updated March 17, 2026, 11 a.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/top-trump-counterterrorism-official-resigns-over-iran/

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President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the decision to begin a war against Iran when "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation." Kent, nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate last year, post...