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Commentary: Pompeo puts on a (mostly) diplomatic performance as Trump's pick for new secretary of State

CIA Director Mike Pompeo made all the right noises - well, most of the right noises - during his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The former representative from Kansas and favorite of President Trump promised to exhaust diplomacy before turning to a military solution to North Korea's nuclear threat.

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