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Breaking News: Pompeo defends intelligence behind Soleimani strike amid press grilling

 
 
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Pompeo defends intelligence behind Soleimani strike amid press grilling
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended the decision to send a drone strike to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, saying intelligence suggested that he was plotting a “large scale” attack that threatened U.S. embassies, among other American facilities.

Pressed by reporters at a press conference in the White House briefing room, Pompeo said that the Trump administration didn’t know precisely when or where the attack would occur, but insisted it was imminent.
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