Trump fires Tillerson, names Pompeo new Secretary of State

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Tuesday, 13 March 2018 ()

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the departure of his top diplomat Rex Tillerson, to be succeeded by the current CIA chief Mike Pompeo.
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According to a report by Reuters, US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had replaced Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, and that Gina Haspel would be tapped to replace Pompeo to lead the CIA. Trump said on Twitter, “Mike Pompeo,...