For the good of America, Mike Pompeo should step down as secretary of state

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo should step down.

He's played fast and loose with the facts, undermining his credibility on the world stage.

Pompeo has sought to politicize his office, a move no other secretary of state has taken.

For the good of America, Pompeo needs to go.

Brett Bruen was the director of global engagement in the Obama White House and a career American diplomat. He runs the crisis-communications agency Global Situation Room.

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It is time for Mike Pompeo to step down as secretary of state.

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