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Trump Fires Iran Hawk Hook
Shortly after Midnight on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was firing Brian Hook, the head of the Wilson Center for Scholars and a prominent Iran hawk. Hook had been involved in hiring for the State Department during the transition.
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Trump fires Brian Hook, his Iran envoy in first termDonald Trump ends his first day back in the White House by unexpectedly firing Brian Hook, the former special envoy for Iran during his first term. Trump makes the announcement on Truth Social after midnight.
He ends security protection for the first-term advisers Iran has marked for death.
Brian Hook served in the first Trump administration as senior advisor to secretaries of state Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo. Hook also served as the special representative for Iran and as director of the state department's policy planning staff.
US media say President Donald Trump has revoked security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and two others who supported Trump during his first presidency.
US President Donald Trump earlier made it clear that former secretary of state Mike Pompeo will not be the part of his new administration. Despite Biden administration briefing about security threats to Pompeo,
Trump revoked security from three national security officials — including his former secretary of state — and Dr. Anthony Fauci this week. When asked about his decision, he told reporters: “You can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for government.”
President Donald Trump revoked security details for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and two other former top aides, reversing a Biden administration move to protect them from threats that stemmed from policies they enacted during Trump’s first term.
Brian Hook was affiliated with The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a U.S. government-owned think tank in Washington, D.C. During Trump's first administration, Hook was the U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to ...
President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term, Brian Hook, and retired Gen.
The move comes days after Trump signed an executive order revoking clearance for 49 different former intelligence officials.
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