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President Trump To Nominate Current CIA Director To Take Over For Tillerson

By Steve Goldstein
Published: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 2:38pm
Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 2:39pm
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The shuffle in President Trump’s Cabinet continues — with perhaps the most massive change of all occurring this morning when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired.

President Trump is going to nominate current CIA Director Mike Pompeo to take over for Tillerson. How significant is it that the head of the intelligence community is moving to become the nation’s top diplomat?

Here to talk about that and other aspects of the president’s cabinet is Jeffrey Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at SMU.

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