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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
Michael Wilner

North Korea jabs Pompeo over potential Senate run

WASHINGTON _ Foreign adversaries have taken note of widespread talk in Washington that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may leave his post to run for Senate in Kansas.

North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, issued a scathing statement targeting Pompeo on Friday claiming the Kansan's political aspirations are impeding U.S. diplomacy.

"He sure seems to be more interested in realizing his future 'political ambition' rather than the current foreign policy of the U.S.," the North Korean official stated. "All things into which Pompeo thrusts himself go wrong and end up in failure."

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