Thread by @nickschifrin

.@BudHedinger asks @SecPompeo, "Do you think you might have some anti-Trump or deep staters buried in the State Department that aren’t as enthusiastic about getting these things out as you and the President might be?"

.@SecPompeo replies, "It’s a big bureaucracy, Bud. I’ve now led a couple of them. They often don’t move at the pace that you and I might prefer..." @BudHedinger followups up: "You’re not smelling a rat – you don’t smell a rat like I suggested here?"

.@SecPompeo replies, "There’s always people inside of every organization that aren’t fully on board, on the team’s mission. When we identify them, we move them out of the way... We try to find people only who are committed to doing America’s mission, President Trump’s mission."

And I think this is the first time @SecPompeo is on the record saying this:

@BudHedinger: President wins reelection – will you stay on as Secretary of State if he wants you to? @SecPompeo: Yes. And that’s obviously up to the President, but it’s been an incredible privilege.