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USPS Bleeding Cash: Postmaster Warns of Bankruptcy in a Year Without Congress + Iran Under Siege: US Drops Multiple 5,000-Pound Bombs on Missile Sites + Crisis in Lebanon: Iran Strikes Back as Israel Hits BeirutJoe Kent resigns over Iran war - Trump calls it ‘a good thing he’s out’
National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent resigned in protest over the U.S. Iran operation, saying he could not support the war. Trump immediately mocked the move, calling Kent ‘very weak on security’ and saying it was good he left.
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51-48 - Senate vote to begin SAVE America Act debate
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‘I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran’ — Joe Kent
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