There has been yet another leak from the White House regarding National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. 

The latest leak, according to the New York Post, is that Sullivan and President Joe Biden, at one point, discussed the possibility of carrying out a military strike on Iran.

This comes after another leak that revealed that Sullivan actually tried to resign - following the Biden administration's botched Afghanistan withdrawal - but that Biden would not allow his to do so. There will be more on this in a moment.

First, however, we will look at the latest leak.

Strike Iran?

According to the leak, the conversation that Biden and Sullivan had was about how the White House would respond if Iran were to gain access to nuclear weapons.

The Post reports:

In a top meeting with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan roughly a month ago, President Biden was presented with a series of strike options should Iran make a move to develop a nuclear weapon . . .

The outlet goes on to note that, officially, "Biden has vowed not to let Iran develop a nuclear weapon on his watch, but it remains unclear what steps Iran would have to take in order for the Biden administration to respond with direct hits. . ."

Sullivan, during this meeting with Biden, apparently presented Biden with several possible scenarios. They also discussed how the U.S. might respond in those scenarios.

It is unclear, however, what, if anything, was decided.

There's more

In another leak, it has been revealed that Sullivan actually offered to resign from the Biden administration following the administration's botched withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Fox News reports:

National security adviser Jake Sullivan reportedly offered to resign from President Biden's administration after the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 . . . Sullivan offered to resign, and President Biden insisted the national security adviser stay on . . .

Reportedly, the botched withdrawal caused a "rift" in the Biden administration, particularly between Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Both men, however, remain in the administration to this day, which suggests that either the rift was mended or that the refit has remained until this day.

Sullivan, for his part, has attempted to defend the withdrawal. He said:

You cannot end a war like Afghanistan, where you’ve built up dependencies and pathologies, without the end being complex and challenging. The choice was: Leave, and it would not be easy, or stay forever.

Republicans, including President-Elect Donald Trump, have argued that there was a way to leave that would not have led to the catastrophe that ended up taking place.