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US and Turkey clash over bland summary of Pompeo meeting

By Joel Gehrke
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US and Turkey clash over bland summary of Pompeo meeting

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the accuracy of a State Department summary of his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, ending U.S.-Turkey dialogue at the NATO summit with a scoff.

“I saw the comments by my Turkish counterpart,” Pompeo told reporters, holding back a chuckle. “I re-read the readout of our meeting — spot on, stand by every word of it.”

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