Updated 3/13/2018 8:36 AM PDT
1/ Trump fired Rex Tillerson. CIA Director Mike Pompeo will replace Tillerson as Secretary of State. Trump asked Tillerson to step aside last Friday. Gina Haspel, deputy director of the CIA, will replace Pompeo as the head of the CIA, if confirmed. A spokesman said Tillerson "had every intention of staying" in his job and was "unaware of the reason" for his firing. Trump said the move had been considered for "a long time" and that "we were not thinking the same." (Washington Post / New York Times)
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