Rex Tillerson Out As Secretary of State, Trump Appoints CIA Director Mike Pompeo to Take Over

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a joint press conference with President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven of Sweden in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 6, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump replaced his head of the State Department with the current director of the CIA on March 13.

Rex Tillerson has been the Secretary of State since Trump took office. Trump appointed CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the new Secretary of State, lauding his accomplishments at the agency.