But what he could afford then could not compare when he relocated to the capital as the director of the C.I.A. Instead, Mr. Pompeo and his wife now rent a modest home in Virginia. After months of quiet back-and-forth, the Defense Department has agreed to rent Mr. Pompeo a flag officer’s home on a military base in the Washington area. Which base and what house, Heather Nauert, the State Department’s spokeswoman, declined to divulge. “This arrangement will present taxpayers a significant cost savings over options that previous secretaries of state utilized.”

Source: New York Times September 08, 2018 00:43 UTC