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SD Senator John Thune says US Intelligence Officials Need to be Heeded

SD Senator John Thune says US Intelligence Officials Need to be Heeded

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US intelligence officials differ with President Trump on security risks facing the country.
Their assessment finds ISIS still a threat in Syria, North Korea unlikely to give up its nuclear arsenal and that Iran is following the negotiated nuclear deal. The President then tweeted that the officials were “passive and naïve.”

South Dakota Senator John Thune says the conclusions of those agencies should be respected…

Thune says that information should be trusted…

Thune says there are clear differences of opinion…

Thune says the US only has so many chances to get it right.

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