Tillerson to be replaced by CIA chief Pompeo as Secretary of State

President Trump ousted Rex Tillerson as secretary of state Tuesday, making a surprise Twitter announcement that he’s naming CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace him, AP reported. “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State,” Trump tweeted. “He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his …

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US concerns over EU defense pact cloud NATO talks

NATO defense ministers gathered for talks Wednesday amid US concerns over the EU’s landmark defense cooperation pact and increasingly strained relations between Washington and Turkey, AFP reports. Washington and Ankara, two of the transatlantic alliance’s most important members, are at loggerheads over Turkey’s military offensive in northern Syria, which US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …

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