Mike Pompeo

We need a thoughtful, long-term strategy that prevents that from taking place.

You have my commitment to that. I do not know.

the President has made that very clear.

If confirmed, I will use all of our diplomatic tools at the State Department to advance the President's strategies.

I support the President's decision to create conditions so that the President and Kim Jong Un can sit together to begin to resolve this incredibly difficult challenge.

The Trump Administration fully supports the Afghan government's outreach to the Taliban and its efforts to negotiate a political settlement.

I want to do that at the State Department, too.

The Taliban must come to understand that they can only advance their objectives at the negotiating table, and not on the battlefield.

I am committed to the advancement of democracy and human rights around the globe.

I will fight to make sure that that does not happen, and obviously it will be the President's decision.

I support the application of the Leahy law to any country's military found to have committed gross violations of human rights.

We must continue to work with President Abdelfattah al-Sisi to advance our strategic partnership and address our common challenges, while emphasizing respect for, and protection of, basic rights and freedoms.

If confirmed, I will advocate that governments have an obligation to protect, respect, and uphold the dignity and fundamental freedoms of all people--including women and LGBTI persons.

If I am confirmed, I intend to make a broad effort across all elements of the diplomatic spectrum.

I supported TPP when I was a member of Congress.

If confirmed, I would advocate for the fundamental dignity of every human being around the world without regard to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

I have a lawful requirement to do so.

The President has made clear his intention to prevent that from happening.

I think there were three questions there, Senator. Let me try. I deeply believe that LGBTQ persons have every right that every other person in the world would have.

War is always the last resort. I would prefer achieving the President's foreign policy goals with unrelenting diplomacy rather than by sending young men and women to war.

Our country's standing in the world has been on the decline over the past decade or more, and that certainly continues.

I think it was Senator Kaine who said that--coming from the place that you do on the congressional side have deep respect for what it is that you all are looking for.

The answer to your question is, yes.

I talked about the fact that we have a theocratic regime that is the world's largest state sponsor of terror.

I deeply honor their religion. I honor their commitment to that.