Rex Tillerson fired: Trump replaces secretary of state with CIA director

Trump tweets CIA director Mike Pompeo will be top diplomat and names Gina Haspel as first female director of agency Donald Trump has sacked his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and announced his intention to replace him with the CIA director Mike Pompeo. Related: Russian spy attack: UK encouraged by support from allies, says Johnson Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/13/rex-tillerson-fired-donald-trump #Headlines by: Julian Borger in Washington and Amanda Holpuch in New York

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