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    Trump sacks Rex Tillerson as state secretary

    Source: BBC News:
    March 13, 2018 at 09:06
    Mr Tillerson lasted in the job for just over a year
    Mr Tillerson lasted in the job for just over a year
    US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo.

    Thanking Mr Tillerson for his service on Twitter, Mr Trump said the new state secretary would do "a fantastic job".

    Mr Tillerson, a former chief executive of ExxonMobil, was only appointed to the job just over a year ago.

    The president also nominated Gina Haspel to become the first woman director of the CIA.

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