Top Intelligence Officials Corroborate Trump’s Claim That Iranian Nuclear Facilities Were Destroyed
Middle East,CIA,Iran,Israel,Trump Administration,CNN,US Intelligence,Tulsi Gabbard,John Ratcliffe
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On Wednesday afternoon, top intelligence officials in the Trump administration supported the president’s claim that U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend “totally obliterated” their targets. They join a growing chorus of executive-branch appointees who refute Tuesday’s leaked initial assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency, which said that the strikes set Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon back by only a few months.
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