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Replay Video UP NEXT Only a tiny fraction of the more than 900 guests invited to an indoor holiday party hosted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan showed up on Tuesday following an outcry from public health officials and U.S. lawmakers warning that the reception bore all the hallmarks of a superspreader event, said two U.S. officials familiar with the event. Pompeo, whose name was on the invitation and who was scheduled to speak at the event, canceled his speech and tapped a substitute speaker, said the two officials. The event was dedicated to the family members of diplomats serving overseas in dangerous postings that require them to leave their spouses and children behind, such as in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in quarantine after he was exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus, the State Department confirmed on Wednesday. The nation s top diplomat abruptly canceled a pair of holiday parties for diplomats where Pompeo was scheduled to speak the night before, CNN reported. Secretary Pompeo has been identified as having come into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID, a representative from the State Department said in a statement to CNN. For reasons of privacy we can t identify that individual.
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The spokesperson added that Pompeo tested negative for the coronavirus but will be in quarantine and is being closely monitored by the department s medical team in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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