POHNPEI, Federated States
of Micronesia—A twin-engine, blue-and-white U.S. Air Force transport jet
carrying Secretary of State Mike Pompeo descended to land on Pohnpei, one of
four Pacific island states that comprise the Federated States of...
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Mark Rosen
Security, Americas
There are implications that China and other states will continue to participate in the Arctic economy. America is falling behind.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo openly challenged China’s and Russian’s Arctic...
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White House enthusiasm for a trade deal with the United Kingdom is palpable. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the visiting British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Aug. 7 that the U.S. will be ready, "pen in hand," to sign "a new free trade...
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Daniel R. DePetris
Security, Middle East
The Europeans view Trump and the people around him as the perpetrators of the crisis with Iran. Thus, they should be responsible for cleaning it up.
Notwithstanding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s...
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We want to celebrate with our son, but that will have to wait. Help us press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Congress to finally bring him home.
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a phone conversation discussed the need to strengthen maritime security in the Persian Gulf region amid increasing tensions, State Department...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accepted the resignation of Kimberly Breier, the top diplomat for Latin America, U.S. officials told The Washington Post on Wednesday.
A Mexico expert, Breier has been assistant secretary of state for Western...
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Us Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday downplayed North Korea’s latest missile launches, saying they won’t alter the prospects for negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons. One day after North Korea called a new round of...
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SYDNEY—The U.S.-Australia
alliance is “more vital than ever,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said,
calling on greater cooperation between the two countries to deal with a new era
of security challenges as China seeks to extend its influence in...
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After 32 years, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the United States and Russia is dead. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the U.S.’s final withdrawal from the accord last week, blaming Russian violations for the...
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Deep State Strikes Again…
The State Department fired pro-Trump adviser Kiron Skinner this week.
Skinner was a first of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s small circle of influential aides to leave the State Department.
Several State...
The United States has pulled out of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in order to develop its own new missiles, after the Russians refused to destroy new missiles that NATO says violate the pact. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said...
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BANGKOK—Brushing aside repeated entreaties from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a meeting, North Korea was a no-show this week at a diplomatic forum in Bangkok.
The snub didn’t deter
Pompeo from holding out hope that Pyongyang soon...
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A senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was fired this week over what officials described as her “abusive” management style, including making homophobic remarks and accusing people of having affairs, according to two people. Kiron...
President Donald Trump‘s administration has pulled out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty that was signed by then-President Ronald Reagan and then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.
On Friday, Secretary of State Mike...
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And hits the Russians for their persistent noncompliance.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Friday ordered an investigation into several small bombings in Bangkok that took place as Thailand was hosting a high-level meeting attended by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his counterparts from...
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier extended restrictions targeting Iran's nuclear programme.
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Iranians are widely considered among the most hospitable people in the Middle East, willing to invite random strangers to dine with them in their homes. But Iran’s leaders aren’t quite ready to roll out the red carpet for Mike Pompeo. The...
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If Mike Pompeo and John Bolton agree on something, how likely would Donald Trump to go in the opposite direction? The smart money would normally go against it, but according to Josh Rogin’s sources, that’s precisely what will happen this...
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