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Pompeo’s unusual visit and the dire state of Turkey-US relations
Mike Pompeo speaks with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 17, 2020. (Reuters)
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