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On the recordJanuary 13, 2020
He was actively plotting to take big action that would put dozens, if not hundreds, of U.S. lives at risk.
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Mike Pompeo
Republican · Kansas

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Pompeo described Soleimani as an imminent threat to U.S. lives.

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