US President Donald Trump has fired
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter, naming CIA Director Mike Pompeo
as his replacement.
Mr Tillerson's spokesman said he only
learned he was out of a job when he saw the president's tweet thanking him for
his service as top US diplomat.
The former ExxonMobil chief had a series
of public rifts with the White House since he was appointed last year.
Mr Trump also named Gina Haspel to become
the CIA's first female director.
Speaking to reporters outside the White
House on Tuesday, Mr Trump said his differences with Mr Tillerson came down to
personal "chemistry".
"We got along actually quite well,
but we disagreed on things," said the president. "When you look at
the Iran deal, I think it's terrible. I guess he thought it was OK.
"I wanted to either break it or do
something and he felt a little bit differently, so we were not really thinking
the same. BBC
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