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Trump fires Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo

March 14, 2018

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after a series of public rifts over policy on North Korea, Russia and Iran, replacing his chief diplomat with loyalist CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The biggest shakeup of Trump´s Cabinet since he took office in January 2017 was announced by the president on Twitter as his administration prepares for an unprecedented meeting with the leader of North Korea. Trump tapped the CIA´s deputy director, Gina Haspel, to replace Pompeo at the intelligence agency.