Mike Pompeo (Photo: Screen capture)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before Congress about his service in the U.S. Army when he served in West Germany before the Berlin Wall fell. That same unit is now being recalled back to the United States as President Donald Trump withdrew American troops from Germany
Pompeo was too young to have served in the Vietnam War, only serving from 1986-1991, however, at no time was there a war that broke out on the Berlin Wall between East and West Germany.
The "war" that he referenced would have come just a few years before the reunification of Germany when the sides were negotiating peace.
The comment sparked confusion among those watching Pompeo testify to the Senate hearing.
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