Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war ^84.3%

NPR - By NPR Washington Desk - 3/17/2026, 2:29 PM

The head of the National Counterterrorism Center has resigned in protest over the war with Iran. Joe Kent, an Army veteran who completed 11 combat deployments to the Mideast and elsewhere, said he "cannot in good conscience" support the war. He said that Israel pushed the U.S. into the conflict with a pressure campaign to "deceive"... more