On Mike Pompeo’s Outsized Influence

This POLITICO piece about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s outsized influence is very good.

Here’s one paragraph:

His prestige within the administration has been enhanced by multiple leadership changes at the Pentagon and National Security Council. It has continued despite questions about his role in the Ukraine scandal that led to Trump’s impeachment, and amid questions about his political aspirations. And it has raised eyebrows at the Defense Department, which is led by Mark Esper, a former West Point classmate of Pompeo’s who has kept a relatively low profile in his six months on the job.