Mike Pompeo

diplomacy is not for the faint of heart, especially at a time of growing global challenges.

Advancing universal human rights is in our national interest, and as Secretary Pompeo has said, LGBTI persons deserve the same freedoms, protections, and respect as everyone else.

the United States stands with people around the world in affirming the dignity and equality of all people regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.

our relationship with South America, Central America and Mexico to be central to American success.

I would not shy away from speaking out publicly and privately in support of the rights of all.

will take down America any way they can and find any willing partner to achieve that end.

WikiLeaks was a non-state hostile intelligence service that was doing the bidding for U.S. adversaries like Russia.

It's actually not a yes or no question sir. I can't answer yes or no. I regret that I'm unable to do so.

the risk of these colectivos acting in a way that is not under his control increases as time goes on as well.

There's any decreased risk associated with the threat from Kim Jung Un.

I don't see anything that should make any us feel any better about this threat.

the attempt to interfere in the United States is not limited to Russia.

This Administration has reentered the battle space in places that the previous administration was completely absent.

They have made efforts in a way that they have not made before in an effort to close down the trade.

Seoul is held at risk by artillery.

He asks good hard questions, makes us go make sure we're doing our work in the right way.

Yes, sir, the CIA has kept America safe, and the people at the Central Intelligence Agency are committed to that.

The path to influence is through China.

I actually just returned from Korea. I was there last week.

We are--we do a lot of work to figure out where they are and help the intelligence community--help the policy community shape policy surrounding how we ought to treat this issue.

I think historically that may well have been true. I don't think that's the case today.

WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service.

WikiLeaks is not just an annoying actor, they are a bad non-state actor that works with Russia against U.S. interests.

You have my commitment that every day I will not only speak truth to power...

I have no doubt that the discourse that's been taking place is something that Vladimir Putin would look at and say: Wow, that was among the objectives that I had, to sow doubt among the American political community, to suggest somehow that…