I would encourage the president to revisit the decision for those people who are being targeted by Iran,” one of the Republican leaders said Sunday.
Retired Gen. Mark Milley's personal security detail and security clearance is being pulled by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, multiple senior administration officials tell Fox News.
President Donald Trump reportedly removed security protection for former State Secretary Mike Pompeo. Another former top aide, Brian Hook, was also stripped of protection, four people familiar with the developments told the New York Times.
Pompeo and Hook had been involved in America’s aggressive stance toward Iran during the first Trump administration, and Pompeo was reportedly a driving force behind convincing Trump to have Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the leader of the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, killed.
Donald Trump made the decision to withdraw protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former envoy to Iran Brian Hook. Both were targets of planned attacks by Iran, as confirmed by "The New York Times.
President Donald Trump revoked security protection for his former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide, Brian Hook, according to The New York Times, which spoke to four individuals familiar with the matter.
The president also revoked the security detail of other former top officials who are reportedly facing threats from Iran.
Two senior Republican senators have urged Trump to reconsider his decision to revoke security protection for several officials from his first administration.
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump for leaving three of his former foreign policy advisors open to a potential Iranian attack. The New York Times on Thursday reported that Trump pulled ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's security detail as well as that of his aide Brian Hook on Wednesday,
President Donald Trump has revoked the security detail for his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had received ongoing protection due to threats from Iran after taking a hardline policy toward the country during Trump’s first administration,
If a hostile foreign state decides to try to kill you because you worked for the U.S. government, the government should protect you.
During his first week back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump revoked security protection for his former National Security Adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Pompeo’s former deputy,