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Extraction Summary

9
People
5
Organizations
5
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
2
Quotes

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Type: Newspaper article (new york times clipping)
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Summary

This document is a newspaper clipping, likely from the New York Times, dated March 14, 2018, detailing President Donald Trump's ousting of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The article notes Tillerson was replaced by C.I.A. Director Mike Pompeo and highlights the nomination of Gina Haspel as the new C.I.A. Director, discussing her controversial past running a secret prison in Thailand. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, indicating it was part of a congressional document production.

People (9)

Name Role Context
Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State
Ousted by President Trump on Tuesday.
Donald Trump President of the United States
Ousted Tillerson, nominated Pompeo and Haspel.
Mike Pompeo C.I.A. Director / Incoming Secretary of State
Chosen to replace Tillerson; former Tea Party congressman.
Gina Haspel Veteran C.I.A. Officer / Nominee for C.I.A. Director
Ran a secret prison in Thailand; nominated to lead C.I.A.
Gary D. Cohn Chief Economic Adviser
Resigned recently after a dispute over steel tariffs.
Mark Landler Author
Journalist
Maggie Haberman Author
Journalist
Gardiner Harris Author
Journalist
Adam Goldman Author
Journalist

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
C.I.A.
Central Intelligence Agency; Haspel and Pompeo associated.
State Dept.
Department of State; Tillerson ousted from, Pompeo to lead.
Tea Party
Political movement; Pompeo was a former congressman associated with it.
New York Times
Implied publisher based on 'ORK TIMES' and authors.
House Oversight Committee
Source of the document production (Stamp: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033479).

Timeline (3 events)

March 13, 2018
Rex Tillerson ousted as Secretary of State.
Washington
Donald Trump Rex Tillerson
March 2018
Resignation of Gary D. Cohn.
Washington
Post-Sept. 11, 2001
Gina Haspel dispatched to oversee secret prison.
Thailand

Locations (5)

Location Context
Dateline of the articles.
Location of a secret prison overseen by Gina Haspel.
Critical issue discussed regarding foreign policy.
Critical issue discussed regarding foreign policy.
Code name for the secret prison in Thailand.

Relationships (3)

Donald Trump Professional (Terminated) Rex Tillerson
Trump ousted his secretary of state.
Donald Trump Professional/Close Mike Pompeo
has cultivated a close relationship with the president.
Donald Trump Professional (Terminated) Gary D. Cohn
Gary D. Cohn's resignation as Mr. Trump's chief economic adviser.

Key Quotes (2)

"surround himself with loyalists more willing to reflect his 'America First' views."
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"Ms. Haspel’s time running the prison, code-named Cat’s Eye, began her deep involvement in the agency’s counterterrorism operations"
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MARCH 14, 2018
TILLERSON OUSTED AS TRUMP SILENCES DISSENT IN CABINET
Pick for C.I.A. Chief Ran Secret Prison
By ADAM GOLDMAN
WASHINGTON — Just over a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, the C.I.A. dispatched the veteran clandestine officer Gina Haspel to oversee a secret prison in Thailand. Shortly after, agency contractors in the frantic hunt for the conspirators waterboarded a Qaeda suspect three times and subjected him to brutal interrogation techniques.
Ms. Haspel’s time running the prison, code-named Cat’s Eye, began her deep involvement in the agency’s counterterrorism operations and showed her willingness to take part in the agency’s rendition, detention and interrogation program, which shaped her career. She was a rising star until that dark chapter in C.I.A. history began to emerge publicly.
But under President Trump, her fortunes changed, and on Tuesday, he announced that he intended to name her director of the C.I.A. With his elevation of Ms. Haspel, now [text cut off]
Pompeo Is Chosen to Lead State Dept.
This article is by Mark Landler, Maggie Haberman and Gardiner Harris.
WASHINGTON — President Trump ousted his secretary of state, Rex W. Tillerson, on Tuesday, the most dramatic in a cascade of personnel moves that suggest Mr. Trump is determined to surround himself with loyalists more willing to reflect his “America First” views.
Mr. Trump announced he would replace Mr. Tillerson with Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director and former Tea Party congressman, who has cultivated a close relationship with the president and has taken a harder line than Mr. Tillerson on critical issues like Iran and North Korea.
Mr. Tillerson’s dismissal, on the heels of Gary D. Cohn’s resignation as Mr. Trump’s chief economic adviser after a dispute over steel tariffs, pulls the Trump administration further out of the economic and foreign policy mainstream and closer to the nationalist ideas that animated Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
It also suggests that after a [text cut off] of chaotic on-the-job training [text cut off]
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