{"id":73734,"date":"2020-11-24T13:40:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/11\/24\/former-cia-director-leon-panetta-donald-trump-is-damaging-us-national-security\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T13:40:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:40:38","slug":"former-cia-director-leon-panetta-donald-trump-is-damaging-us-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/former-cia-director-leon-panetta-donald-trump-is-damaging-us-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CIA director Leon Panetta: &#8216;Donald Trump is damaging US national security&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k2BH9wTtNkS63dwtjrj\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with FRANCE 24, Leon Panetta, a former US Secretary of Defense and former CIA director, discussed President Donald Trump&#8217;s refusal to concede the presidential race to Joe Biden, a situation the US had never experienced. 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