ET, State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. Nauert also relayed a statement from Pompeo, in which he said, "I'm delighted to be secretary of state and completely humbled by the responsibility. Today, he has my congratulations on becoming America's 70th Secretary of State." "No other Secretary in recent history has gone on a trip as quickly as he has," Nauert noted just before Pompeo boarded his flight to applause from State Department staffers. President Donald Trump fired his first Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a Twitter message in March.

Source: CNN April 26, 2018 15:20 UTC