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Sun Jan 12, 2020, 03:33 PM Jan 2020

Defense Secretary 'Didn't See' Evidence for Attack

Defense Secretary ‘Didn’t See’ Evidence for Attack

January 12, 2020 at 9:31 am EST By Taegan Goddard 214 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/12/defense-secretary-didnt-see-evidence-for-attack/

"SNIP....

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told CBS News he “didn’t see” specific evidence that top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was planning attacks on four U.S. embassies, but said he believed such attack would have occurred.

Said Esper: “The president didn’t cite a specific piece of evidence. What he said was he believed. I didn’t see one, with regard to four embassies. What I’m saying is that I shared the president’s view that probably — my expectation was they were going to go after our embassies. The embassy is the most prominent display of American presence in a country.”

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Another Great Hire by the Orange Anus. Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #1
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