Thread by @conradchaffee

Pompeo's being grilled on NK right now:

Shaheen: So can you share with us any other insight into the administration’s thinking on what’s going to happen next?

Pompeo: In some ways, it’s situation normal. The pressure campaign continues.

Shaheen: Not a lot of insight there.

Shaheen: The news says South Koreans were completely surprised. Did we consult with our allies?

Pompeo: I don’t want to get into who all we notified. The White House will speak to that at the appropriate time.

Some senators seem unclear about what happened today.

Senator Gardner (R-CO): "I hope the North Korean people understand what Kim walked away from."

Senator Portman (R-OH): "Given the nature of the regime it’s not surprising that they canceled."

Ranking member Menendez (D-NJ) responds: "It seems to me that there is in effort to create alternative facts in which North Korea walked away. But it’s rather clear to me that this was President Trump’s decision. He walked away."

More from Menendez: "This is a direct failure of the administration to have a credible and pragmatic policy and strategy... I’m afraid that that failure, and the president’s impulsive decisions, lost us leverage. I hope we can regain it, as well as reassure our allies."

Pompeo responds to Menendez: "Just for the record, I have a fundamentally different view of how it came to be that we unfortunately can’t have a meeting between our two leaders on June 12th."

Hearing closes with fireworks:

Pompeo: Senator, the diplomacy this administration has engaged in has gotten us this far...

Merkey: Well, where did it get us? We’re not going to the table. We’re walking away from the table.

Pompeo: Senator, we didn’t walk away from this.

Today's hearing in a nutshell.