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- Joe Kent, former U.S. Counterterrorism Center director, urged President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from the Middle East.
- Kent resigned in March 2026, protesting the Iran war that began weeks earlier.
- He said the bases are liabilities that let Iran strike them with missiles and drones.
- White House spokesman Davis Ingle rebuked Kent, saying Trump destroyed Iran’s military capabilities and imposed a naval blockade.
