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demmiblue

(36,875 posts) Mon May 18, 2020, 11:32 AM May 2020

NEWS: State Dept. Inspector General Steve Linick was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's

NEWS: State Department Inspector General Steve Linick was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to green-light billions of dollars of arms sales to Saudi Arabia against the will of Congress, two sources tell @JoshNBCNews and @mitchellreports.

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NEWS: State Dept. Inspector General Steve Linick was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's (Original Post) demmiblue May 2020 OP

K&R. nt Laffy Kat May 2020 #1

Oh. So this is WAY bigger than his wife sending staffers for coffee? Takket May 2020 #2

Kick and recommend for visibility bronxiteforever May 2020 #3

Now THIS makes sense for a cover-up Roland99 May 2020 #4

Exactly. Now we're finally getting to the real reason why Pompeo is nervous. nt crickets May 2020 #7

Pompeo says in interview fired inspector general "wasn't performing a function in a way that ... mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #5

In other words the IG was doing his job. LastDemocratInSC May 2020 #6

Laffy Kat

(16,386 posts)

1. K&R. nt

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Mon May 18, 2020, 11:34 AM

May 2020

Takket

(21,607 posts)

2. Oh. So this is WAY bigger than his wife sending staffers for coffee?

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Mon May 18, 2020, 11:34 AM

May 2020

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)

3. Kick and recommend for visibility

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Mon May 18, 2020, 11:34 AM

May 2020

Roland99

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4. Now THIS makes sense for a cover-up

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Mon May 18, 2020, 11:35 AM

May 2020

crickets

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7. Exactly. Now we're finally getting to the real reason why Pompeo is nervous. nt

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Mon May 18, 2020, 01:06 PM

May 2020

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,567 posts)

5. Pompeo says in interview fired inspector general "wasn't performing a function in a way that ...

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Mon May 18, 2020, 11:42 AM

May 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in interview fired inspector general "wasn't performing a function in a way that we had tried to get him to" and was "trying to undermine what it was that we were trying to do."

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LastDemocratInSC

(3,647 posts)

6. In other words the IG was doing his job.

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Mon May 18, 2020, 12:07 PM

May 2020

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