The US and North Korea are holding secret talks ahead of a planned meeting between Trump and Kim Jong Un

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• US and North Korean officials are holding secret talks ahead of a planned meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.
• Mike Pompeo, the CIA Director and Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, is leading the discussions.
• The talks could happen as soon as next month, though the White House has publicly wavered over the meeting. 

The US and North Korea are holding secret, high-level discussions ahead of a planned summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, CNN reported.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo — who is also Trump's pick for Secretary of State following the ouster of Rex Tillerson — and a team at the CIA have been preparing for the talks with their North Korean counterparts through intelligence back-channels, several administration officials told CNN.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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