Pompeo heads to Saudi Arabia for talks on the fate of Jamal Khashoggi

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed on a hastily arranged trip to Saudi Arabia for talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.U.S. President Donald Trump announced in an early morning tweet that he was dispatching Pompeo to discuss the fate of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Earlier in the day, Trump suggested “rogue killers” may be responsible for Khashoggi’s disappearance. King Salman ordered an internal investigation into the case.Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and Washington Post columnist, vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago to get marriage documents. Turkish officials have said authorities believe he was murdered there and his body removed.Saudi Arabia has strongly denied killing Khashoggi and denounced such assertions as “lies”, saying he left the building shortly after entering.