Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo told senators Thursday he would not resign from the Cabinet if President Trump were to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

“My instincts tell me ‘no,’” Pompeo, currently the CIA director, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when asked if he would resign over a Mueller firing. “My instincts tell me that my obligation to continue to serve as America’s senior diplomat will be more important in increased times of political domestic turmoil.”