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Report: Tillerson May Be Out As Secretary Of State, Replaced By CIA Director Pompeo

Hank Berrien

According to The New York Times, senior Trump administration officials say that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo in the very near future.

The ostensible plan for the White House would be to install Pompeo as Secretary of State and replace him at the CIA with Alabama Sen. Tom Cotton. The officials said Cotton has intimated that he would accept the job if offered. The Times writes that General John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, created the agenda and discussed it with other officials.

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