U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks during a press conference with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, at the Royal Terminal of King Khaled airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, April 29, 2018. (Amr Nabil/Associated Press)AMMAN, Jordan — Mike Pompeo has swapped the no-profile, cloak-and-dagger world of covert espionage for the life of a buttoned-down diplomat, representing the public face of the Trump administration’s foreign policy. There, he hopped on the plane and flew overnight to Brussels, arriving before dawn for a NATO foreign ministers meeting. From Belgium, Pompeo kept up a relentless pace, stopping in Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan. On his maiden trip, Pompeo made clear his intention was to reverse that trend, to quickly fill vacant posts and to use his close ties with the president to restore the department’s relevance in Washington.

Source: Washington Post April 30, 2018 04:07 UTC