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Amberin Zaman

Feb 9, 2017

Mike Pompeo waits to be sworn in as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTSX1LZ — Mike Pompeo waits to be sworn in as director of the Central Intelligence Agency in US Vice President Mike Pence's ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2017. — REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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