“Security is a condition of prosperity and right now we have lost it,” said former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, during the 26th Economist roundtable discussion held in Lagos, entitled “Antitheses, transformations, achievements in a changing world” (“Contradictions, transformations, achievements in a changing world”). As he pointed out, we are in a global environment […]
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Mike Pompeo cursed her out for asking about Ukraine
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cursed out an NPR reporter after she pressed him to reply questions in regards to the removing of former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch from her put up in Ukraine, the outlet reported Friday. The reporter, “All Things Considered” co-host Mary Louise Kelly, interviewed Pompeo on Friday amid President Donald […]
Pompeo heads to Silicon Valley to dine with tech leaders
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on during a brief photo opportunity before a meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides at the U.S. Department of State on November 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit the San Francisco Bay Area this week […]
US slaps new sanctions on Iran following strikes on US targets
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced new sanctions Friday on Iran’s metal exports and eight senior Iranian officials. The penalties came days after Iran fired missiles at U.S. targets in Iraq in retaliation for an American airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iran’s top military leader, Qasem Soleimani, last week. After […]
‘Don’t know precisely’ when or where Soleimani would attack
The U.S. did not know exactly when slain Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani had planned to attack Americans, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said while maintaining the Trump administration’s line that such strikes were about to happen. “There was no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks that were being plotted by Qasem […]