Pompeo, U.S. Diplomats Scrap Travel, Including Taiwan Visit


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(Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Michael Pompeo scrapped an 11th-hour trip to Belgium and directed senior diplomats including United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft to cancel overseas travel amid concern about leaving the country after last week’s invasion of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. Pompeo had planned to go to Belgium on Wednesday for a night and Craft had planned to visit Taiwan but all travel has now been canceled, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. She cited the transition to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden and the need to complete planning. “We are expecting shortly...