WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is absolutely not leaving the Cabinet even as top Republicans make a pitch for him to run for the Senate in Kansas.
Pompeo, who served four terms in the House and was Trumps CIA director before moving to the State Department, avoided the subject altogether in a tweet he sent following Trumps comments.
The decision by longtime Republican Sen. Pat Roberts to retire has prompted an effort by other GOP senators to recruit Pompeo for 2020. Hes said that push has included a call from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
