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Pompeo in Europe as State Department Embroiled in Inquiry

Associated Press

   OHRID, NORTH MACEDONIA - With Washington in tumult over the escalating
   impeachment inquiry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured southeast
   Europe on Friday, trying to ignore the furor back home that has
   engulfed his department.

   Pompeo did not respond to shouted questions from journalists with him
   as he traveled to Montenegro and North Macedonia to show support for a
   current NATO ally and a soon-to-be one, as a Ukraine-focused
   impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump picked up steam.

   The top U.S. diplomat flew to the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica and
   then on to Ohrid in North Macedonia, a day after one of his former top
   aides told congressional investigators in Washington about efforts to
   press Ukraine's government to open a corruption probe that could have
   targeted former Vice President Joe Biden's son.

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