Juan ColeUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media at the State Department in Washington, DC on June 13, 2019. Without any concrete or reliable evidence at the press conference, Pompeo accused Iran of being behind attacks on...
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks ahead of a planned announcement of new economic sanctions targeting Iran.
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1. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters ahead of a trip to Saudi Arabia on Sunday that he is trying to create a "global coalition" against Iran. The remark came after a tense week in which President Trump ordered a strike against Iran only...
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expanded his power during a vacuum in the Pentagon, but his hard-line policies on Iran are running into Trump’s isolationist instincts.
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Just ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to India next week, the State Department reiterated US frustration with New Delhi over its deal to purchase S-400 antiaircraft missile system from Russia.
India already appeared to blow off...
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VIPS says its direct experience with Mike Pompeo leaves them with strong doubt regarding his trustworthiness on issues of consequence to the President and the nation. DATE: June 21, 2019 MEMORANDUM FOR: The President. FROM: Veteran Intelligence...
As many rightly worry (except Sen. Tom Cotton) that President Trump is gearing up for war with Iran, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the president’s national security adviser John Bolton leading the way and licking their chops, a story...
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Moscow must ensure that those charged with murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 face justice, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, after international investigators accused three Russians and a Ukrainian over the disaster. The...
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Some lawmakers fear briefings by Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, and others are an attempt to provide legal cover for a military strike, echoing the Iraq War.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blocked the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on a U.S. list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing his experts' findings that a Saudi-led coalition has been using under-age fighters in...
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Trump won’t voluntarily preserve notes from his multiple meetings with Vladimir Putin, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won’t make him do it — so two watchdog groups, American Oversight and Democracy Forward, have sued Pompeo to...
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided to ignore experts' findings and keep Saudi Arabia off a U.S. list of countries that recruit children as soldiers, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Although experts from the State...
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CHARLES PAYNE (HOST): Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promising the latest announcement of a plan to send 1,000 more troops to the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran was defensive, not offensive. Iran has said it's just days away from...
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A new lawsuit filed on Tuesday alleges that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo broke the law by allowing President Donald Trump to seize the notes from a key meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and failing to take any steps to preserve records...
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The United States must have the capability to respond to any Iranian attack on US interests, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. He spoke at the Florida headquarters of US Central Command, which oversees US forces in the Middle East, a day...
Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough harshly criticized Mike Pompeo Monday morning the day after the Secretary of State called “ridiculous” a question asked by Fox News’ Chris Wallace about President Donald Trump’s...
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace on Sunday, and he was eager to talk about Iran and the apparent attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday but less excited to discuss President Trump's...
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“We are going to work to build out a set of countries that have deep vested interest in keeping that strait open to help us do that,” Pompeo said.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledges to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil route where the two tankers were hit.(Image credit: Alex Brandon/AP)
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The secretary of state snapped at Fox News' Chris Wallace for asking about "a Washington piece of silliness."
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