Mike Pompeo: “I was asked to be here, and here I am.”

Let's elect a president who isn't ashamed of our nation and will never apologize for our country.

I am thrilled to join the Institute at Columbia University and to provide a unique voice defending traditional American values and the Founders' vision for our great nation, alongside the necessity to support our allies across the world.

I was talking about the time to elect serious leaders who are thoughtful, who speak about America as the most exceptional nation in the history of civilization.

I suspect that [Columbia's] outreach was intentional in the sense that they were seeking to bring onto campus...someone with a view that is very different than most of the faculty on their staff.