State Department cancels meeting with Merkel due to ‘pressing issues’

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not meet with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel as planned this week, the State Department announced.

Although Pompeo was slated to meet with Merkel and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin Tuesday, the meeting was rescheduled due to “pressing issues.”

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