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November 18, 2016

Trump Picks Congressmember Mike Pompeo as CIA Director
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And in breaking news, The Washington Post is reporting that Donald Trump
has chosen Kansas Congressmember Mike Pompeo as CIA director. Pompeo has
opposed closing Guantánamo Bay prison. In 2013, he visited the notorious
U.S. prison and said of the prisoners who were on hunger strike, "It
looked to me like a lot of them had put on weight." He's also a vocal
opponent of the Iran nuclear deal.
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