File 033479
New York Times Article on Trump Cabinet Changes - Tillerson Ousted, Pompeo Named Secretary of State (File 033479)
New York Times article from March 14, 2010 reporting on President Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and announcement of CIA Director Mike Pompeo as his replacement, alongside Gina Haspel's nomination as CIA director.
Summary
This New York Times article covers President Trump's significant personnel changes within his administration, including the ouster of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his replacement with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, a former Tea Party congressman with a close relationship to the president. The article also discusses Trump's nomination of veteran CIA officer Gina Haspel as the new CIA director, highlighting her involvement in the agency's controversial detention and interrogation programs. These moves reflect Trump's determination to surround himself with loyalists aligned with his 'America First' ideology and represent a shift away from mainstream economic and foreign policy toward nationalist positions.
lARCH 14„ 2010)RK TIMESillpub-ctsonad77LLERSON OUSTEDAS TRUMP SILENCESDISSENT IN CABINETPick for CLA. ChiefRan Secret PrisonBy ADAM GOLDMANWASHINGTON — Just over ayear after the Sept. 11 attacks, theC.I.A. dispatched the veteranclandestine officer Gina Haspel tooversee a secret prison in Thai-land. Shortly after, agency con-tractors in the frantic hunt for theconspirators waterhoarded aQaeda suspect three times andsubjected him to brutal interroga-tion techniques.Ms. Haspel's time running theprison, code-named Cat's Eye, be-gan her deep involvement in theagency's counterterrorism opera-tions and showed her willingnessto take part in the agency's rendi-tion, detention and interrogationprogram, which shaped her ca-reer. She was a rising star untilthat dark chapter in C.I.A. historybegan to emerge publicly.But under President Trump,her fortuneschanged, andon Tuesday, heannounced thathe intended toname her direc-tor of the C.I.A.With his ele-vation of Ms.Haspelo nowPornpeo Is Chosen toLead State Dept.This article is by Mark Lanclier.Maggie Haberman and GardinerHarris.WASHINGTON — PresidentTrump ousted his secretary otstate, Rex W. Tillerson, on Tues-day, the most dramatic in a cas-cade of personnel moves that sug-gest Mr. Trump is determined tosurround himself with loyalistsmore willing to reflect his "Amer-ica First" views.Mr. Trump announced he wouldreplace Mr. Tillerson with MikePompeo, the C.I.A. director andformer Tea Party congressman,who has cultivated a close rela-tionship with the president andhas taken a harder line than Mr.Tillerson on critical issues likeIran and North Korea.Mr. Tillerson's dismissal, on theheels of Gary D. Cohn's resigna-tion as Mr. Trump's chief eco-nomic adviser after a dispute ovelsteel tariffs, pulls the Trump aclministration further out of the eelnomic and foreign policy maistream and closer to the nationist ideas that animatedTrump's 2016 presidential cpaign.It also suggests that after aof chaotic on-the-iob traininlMuss Goio. lot ei ra Arvtini nnati YritArP