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New, with @aabramson: As Pompeo has been catapulted into the center of the escalating Ukraine/impeachment drama, he's walking a fine line between defending a president who values personal loyalty above all else and his political future time.com/5692547/mike-p…
Multiple State Department officials told TIME that Pompeo has become consumed by the political battle and is neglecting much of his work as Secretary of State, becoming "increasingly loud and bullying," distracted and impatient during policy meetings time.com/5692547/mike-p…
"The officials at the State Department, starting with the Secretary of State, are there to serve only one purpose. And that is the care and feeding of Donald J. Trump.” time.com/5692547/mike-p…
As the impeachment inquiry into the alleged politicization of US foreign policy intensifies, many civil servants and Foreign Service officers, some of them in senior roles, are considering leaving the government. time.com/5692547/mike-p… 
"I wonder if [Pompeo] read the Department's ethos pledge, which was his idea, or the honor code at West Point?" a former top State Department official told TIME.
Pompeo unveiled this in April, hoping to boost morale in the department he leads. time.com/5692547/mike-p…
Pompeo unveiled this in April, hoping to boost morale in the department he leads. time.com/5692547/mike-p…
