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State Department watchdog was investigating arms sales; Pompeo denies retaliation

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want answers after President Trump said he fired the inspector general at the State Department at the request of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Pompeo denies he asked the president to fire Steve Linick as an act of retaliation for an investigation into his own actions. Nancy Cordes reports.
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