Mike Pompeo: The Congressman From Koch

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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2018 · News & Politics

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Does it matter that Rex Tillerson is out as Secretary of State? It does when you meet his replacement, the so-called "Congressman from Koch" Mike Pompeo, a climate change denier. 

SOURCES:
[i] The New York Times. Rex Tillerson Out as Trump’s Secretary of State, Replaced by Mike Pompeo. Mar 13th, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/politics/trump-tillerson-pompeo.html 
[ii] The Nation. The Koch Brothers’ Favorite Congressman Will Be in Charge of the CIA. Nov 18, 2016 https://www.thenation.com/article/the-koch-brothers-favorite-congressman-will-be-in-charge-of-the-cia/ 
[iii] Ibid
[iv] Motherboard. A Secretary of State Pompeo Would Be Bad for Climate Issues. Dec 1, 2017 https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbzg93/secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-climate-change-denier 
[v] OpenSecrets.Org. Mike Pompeo, Kansas.  https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00030744&newMem=N 
[vi] League of Conservation Voters. National Environmental Scorecard: Mike Pompeo. http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/mike-pompeo 
[vii]  The Kansas City Star/McClatchy.  Pentagon, Trump are at odds on climate change — and Democrats are taking advantage.  Jun 29, 2017
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article158716619.html 
[viii]  E & E News.  Tillerson exit might bring climate disbelief to State.  Nov 30, 2017 
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060067727 
[ix] Ibid.
[x]  Ibid.
[xi]  Politico.  Trump’s climate science doubters.  Mar 6, 2018 https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/climate-science-doubters/ 
[xii]  E & E News.  Tillerson exit might bring climate disbelief to State.  Nov 30, 2017 
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060067727 

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