Official Statements

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State QUESTION: Well, we always appreciate when the Secretary of State finds a few minutes for us here in Kansas City. Mike Pompeo is on KCMO Talk Radio. Mr. Secretary, great to have you back on, and hope you’re staying safe during these uncertain times. SECRETARY POMPEO: Pete, thank you. It’s great to be back with you. So far, so good. QUESTION: Good stuff. Well, Mr. Secretary, kind of getting lost in this coronavirus story is a lot of the work that you are doing right n...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Iraq , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State QUESTION: Well, we always appreciate when the Secretary of State finds a few minutes for us here in Kansas City. Mike Pompeo is on KCMO Talk Radio. Mr. Secretary, great to have you back on, and hope you’re staying safe during these uncertain times. SECRETARY POMPEO: Pete, thank you. It’s great to be back with you. So far, so good. QUESTION: Good stuff. Well, Mr. Secretary, kind of getting lost in this coronavirus story is a lot of the work that you are doing right n...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Iraq , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Yesterday, the U.S. signed a deal with the Taliban that may lead to a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Since it began in 2001, the war has claimed the lives of more than 2,400 American troops. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is just back from the signing ceremony in Doha. He got off the plane just a short while ago. And thank you for being here, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you. QUESTION: So this is significant. An...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. QUESTION: Yesterday, the U.S. signed a deal with the Taliban that may lead to a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Since it began in 2001, the war has claimed the lives of more than 2,400 American troops. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is just back from the signing ceremony in Doha. He got off the plane just a short while ago. And thank you for being here, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you. QUESTION: So this is significant. An...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Iran , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. It’s good to be with you all. As you know, President Trump has been visiting our friends in India, and I’m just back from a ten-day, six-country trip. In Germany, I reinforced our transatlantic partners the good news, that the idea of the West, the model of capitalism and freedom, is clearly winning. In Senegal, in Angola, and in Ethiopia, I had important conversations with our partners a...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Belarus , China, Iran , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN TASHKENT HYATT HOTEL MR KAIPBERGENOV: (Via interpreter) Good morning. I give the floor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Khafizovich Kamilov. Please. FOREIGN MINISTER KAMILOV: (Via interpreter) Dear Mr. Secretary of State, representatives of the mass media, ladies and gentlemen, today we are receiving with official visit the Secretary of State of the United States, and we already held bilateral meeting ta...

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Regions: Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan , Russia , United Kingdom , United States , Uzbekistan

Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State London, United Kingdom Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Hosted by Policy Exchange MR GODSON: Good morning. Thank you all for coming. We like to put on a great show for you here at Policy Exchange, and I think you’d agree that we couldn’t do better than these two leading world figures at this – and particularly at this particular moment. It couldn’t be a better time. We hadn’t planned how well timed it would be when we originally started. SECRETARY POMPEO: I did;...

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Regions: Afghanistan, Australia , Canada , China, Iran , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Lebanon , Norway , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State En Route to Lajes The Azores, Portugal SECRETARY POMPEO: So just a couple things, then I’m happy to take a few questions. First of all, I’m sure you’ve seen the reporting from Colombia that there was a ship that had an accident. There was a person underneath the chief of mission control who’s missing and presumed dead, a very unfortunate accident. We’re notifying next of kin, and I just want to express my deep concern about this. It was a terrible event. Second, I j...

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Regions: Colombia , Libya , Portugal , Russia , United Kingdom , Venezuela

Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy