Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday defended the basis for killing Iranian General Qasem Soleimani because of the threat of an imminent strike but declined to present any evidence, saying President Trump's decision was 'entirely legal.'
Washington Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday defended the basis for killing Iranian General Qasem Soleimani because of the threat of an imminent strike but declined present any evidence, saying President Donald Trump's decision was"entirely legal."
"There's been much made about this question of intelligence and imminence," Pompeo said at the State Department."Any time a president makes a decision of this magnitude, there are multitude pieces of information that come before him."Pompeo said that senior officials presented Trump with the threats"in broad detail.
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