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Checked by Washington Post21 Sep 2021United States Politics and government

Mike Pompeo, Former Secretary of State

“The folks that are around President Biden today in his White House talking about foreign policy are the same leaders — a fellow named Brett McGurk sent $150 billion, pallets of cash, to the Iranians, who are hosting the senior al-Qaeda leadership in Tehran today.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: This is a zombie claim that has been debunked before.

Checked by PolitiFact22 Oct 2019United States Politics and government

Brett McGurk, Former American diplomat

“President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region.”

PolitiFact rated this: True