North Korean envoy confirmed as Pompeo’s No. 2
North Korea negotiator Stephen Biegun has spent years in behind-the-scenes foreign policy roles for Republican lawmakers and former president George W. Bush’s administration. – EPA pic, December 20, 2019.
THE United States Senate yesterday confirmed North Korea negotiator Stephen Biegun to be the State Department’s number two, raising the possibility that the veteran Republican will become the acting top US diplomat next year. Biegun, currently on a trip to Asia as tensions mount with North Korea, was easily confirmed as deputy secretary of state, with 90 votes in favour and three senators, all Democrats, opposed.
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