NBC: Pompeo to meet with U.S. commanders amid growing crisis with Iran
Pompeo has promised to provide more evidence to allies backing up the administration's allegations that Iran orchestrated attacks on tankers last week.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to meet with U.S. military commanders overseeing American forces in the Middle East after promising to provide more proof that Iran was behind attacks on two tankers last week, the State Department said Monday.
Pompeo is scheduled to fly on Monday to U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida, amid mounting tensions with Iran following the attacks on the two commercial ships last week in the Gulf of Oman, which the Trump administration has blamed on Iran.
Pompeo will hold talks on Tuesday with Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, who is responsible for forces deployed in the Middle East, and Gen. Richard Clarke, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, "to discuss regional security concerns and ongoing operations," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told reporters.
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WNU Editor: It should be the Secretary of Defense at this meeting not the Secretary of State.
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