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Mike Pompeo seeks to defund program named after envoy killed in Benghazi

Move would eliminate a $5m initiative honoring Christopher Stevens who died in 11 September 2012 attack

Mike Pompeo rose to prominence during investigations of the deadly attack on a US facility in Benghazi in September 2012. Now, as Donald Trump’s secretary of state, he is pressing to defund a diplomatic initiative named for the US ambassador who died there.

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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com


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