Analysis: Sec. Pompeo's fiery defense of the airstrike that killed Gen. Soleimani cemented the secretary's unusually close alliance with the White House.
. Multiple diplomatic sources said the Saudis were distressed by the lack of U.S. support, to the point of reaching out to their arch-rival Iran for back channel diplomacy through Pakistan.All of that set the backdrop for what critics called an overcorrection with the strike that killed Soleimani.
Was it a future threat or past aggression that led to the strike? The only thing clear from the secretary's remarks was that he was in lockstep with the president. Pompeo has so far withstood intense criticism privately within the State Department and publicly from former top U.S. diplomats for not having come to the aid of Marie Yovanovitch, who was ousted as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, and for not having put a stop to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's parallel diplomacy with Ukraine, both of which were investigated by the House impeachment committees.
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