Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says it was time for the Biden administration “to do better than just playing defense” to Iranian threats on Trump administration officials.
FILE - Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks before a meeting with Romanian Defense Minister Nicolae Ciuca, Oct. 8, 2020, at the Pentagon, in Washington. Esper said Wednesday, July 17, 2024, that it was time for the Biden administration"to do better than just playing defense" to Iranian threats on Trump administration officials.
“It’s going on for years now … and we got to do better than just playing defense,” Esper said, citing an earlier, foiled plot against John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser. Esper said additional plots have been uncovered but did not elaborate. National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said Tuesday that the Biden administration considers “this a national and homeland security matter of the highest priority.”
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