Mike Pompeo – Picture by CIA, Public Domain.
13 March 2018, USA: US President Donald Trump has nominated the incumbent CIA Director Mike Pompeo to succeed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as head of the US diplomacy.
Mr Pompeo graduated first in his class at West Point and graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of its Law Review.
State Secretary Tillerson is due to stay in office until 30 March, for Director Pompeo’s nomination must still be approved by the US Senate.
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