This story has been updated to include photos of Mike Pompeo’s meeting with Kim Jong Un

Former head of the CIA Mike Pompeo was confirmed as U.S. President Donald Trump’s new secretary of state on Thursday in Washington.

Pompeo’s appointment not certain however, with many in the U.S. Senate worried that the former CIA director, army officer, and Republican senator is too hawkish for the role.

But Senators voted 57-42 in favor of Pompeo taking up the position who will no doubt have to quickly address upcoming negotiations between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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