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Mike Pompeo

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Mike Pompeo is a Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 70th United States Secretary of State from April 2018 to January 2021 under President Donald Trump. Prior to his role as Secretary of State, he was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from January 2017 to April 2018. Pompeo has also served as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2017, where he was known for his strong stance on national security and foreign policy issues. Throughout his career, he has emphasized a robust approach to counterterrorism and has been an advocate for American energy independence.

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Nov 4, 2019

It was about helping the Ukrainians to get graft out and corruption outside of their government.

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Oct 23, 2019

If I understand it right, it's from someone who had secondhand knowledge.

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Oct 20, 2019

We jointly took down the threat from the Caliphate of ISIS. It was to the benefit of the SDF, it was to the benefit of the United States of America, and indeed, to the benefit of the world. The commitment that we made to work alongside…

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Sep 26, 2019

the House Foreign Affairs Committee actually asked the State Department for these documents related to Ukraine weeks ago.

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Sep 26, 2019

It is shocking, though, that to subpoena a secretary of state, this is no small deal.

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Sep 15, 2019

The president has made it very clear. He's prepared to meet with no preconditions.

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May 5, 2019

The United States and Arctic nations welcome transparent Chinese investment that reflect economic interests, not National security ambitions.

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May 5, 2019

There are Arctic states, and non-Arctic states. No third category exists. China claiming otherwise entitles them to exactly nothing.

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Mar 26, 2019

You addressed the truth that China has been ripping us off year after year, penalizing our goods, stealing our ideas, stealing our intellectual property, and said that that is not going to happen any further.

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Mar 26, 2019

You addressed the truth that we should seek peace with nations like North Korea. We should attempt to reach denuclearization agreements, but that we should also walk away from bad deals that do not benefit the citizens of the United States…

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Mar 26, 2019

When it presents a security risk to the United States, no good.

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Mar 26, 2019

We will support the people of Venezuela as they work toward a peaceful restoration of their democracy.

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Mar 26, 2019

When we supported Venezuelan democracy, we built out an enormous coalition.

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Mar 26, 2019

I am a believer that whoever it is we are negotiating with, we have to have deliverable, measurable outcomes that can be verified.

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Mar 26, 2019

We will continue to work to identify those who are responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's murder and hold them accountable.

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Mar 26, 2019

we believe this increases the likelihood that we get resolution of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

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Mar 26, 2019

I do not want the United States to be in a foreign country any more than we have to, but pulling out of Syria would be a betrayal to the Kurds, our faithful allies for many, many years; saved American lives.

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Mar 26, 2019

Not a single dollar will be reduced in terms of spending, and we will make sure that those dollars go to the right place and that not one dollar of taxpayer funding goes to the tragedy of abortion around the world.

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Mar 26, 2019

I commend the President for supporting the people of Venezuela in their quest to take back their country through free and fair elections.

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Mar 26, 2019

the decision was made because it was simply the right thing to do to recognize Israel's claim for the sovereignty of the Golan Heights.

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Mar 26, 2019

I want every employee at the Department of State treated with the dignity that they deserve because of their humanness.

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Mar 26, 2019

Language used by Members of Congress matters.

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Mar 26, 2019

I hope everyone who cares about the people of Yemen understand that the legislation that passed did not remotely benefit them.

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