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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Franklin Room

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good morning or, almost, good afternoon, everyone.  Just over a year ago, the leaders of Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed the Abraham Accords.  Today, I am honored to host Foreign Minister Lapid, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah, to review the progress that’s been made in the past year in the normalization of relations, and what more

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Today, the Department of State has designated the Saraya al-Mukhtar group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224 for posing a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism that threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

Saraya al-Mukhtar is an Iran-backed terrorist organization based in Bahrain, reportedly receiving financial and logistic support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guar

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL

KING DAVID HOTEL

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU:  We just had a very intimate and productive conversation overlooking the walls of Jerusalem, and it reminded me of how deep and profound your tie is to the Jewish state.  I gave you a Bible as a gift, and I said that the people of the book have not had a better friend, and I mean it.  And I want to also express my appreciation for our personal friendship and everything

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Jerusalem, Israel

Prime Minister’s Residence

MODERATOR:  Excellencies, welcome.  Please take your seats.  Prime Minister, please.

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU:  Thank you.  Secretary of State Pompeo, my dear friend Mike, it’s always a pleasure to see you in Jerusalem.  Foreign Minister Dr. Al Zayani, it’s a pleasure to see you again, and it’s a tremendous pleasure to welcome you for the first time ever in Jeru

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Florida Family Policy Council Dinner Gala

Washington, DC

SECRETARY POMPEO:  Well, good evening, everyone.  Good evening to all my friends in Florida!  I can hear the applause all the way up I-95.

And I know many of you came from all across the state to be with this great group tonight – from Pensacola, to Pinellas County, to Palm Beach.

I am terribly sorry I can’t be with you in person.  I can tell you’re all having

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Jack Graham, Pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church

Plano, Texas

Prestonwood Baptist Church

MR GRAHAM: Well, I am so happy to be able to introduce to you Secretary of State of the United States of America Mike Pompeo, who first and foremost in his resume – and you’re about to hear an incredible resume – but first and foremost, he is a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and a believer in our savior. (Applause.)

He was b

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

PLANO, TEXAS

QUESTION:  Secretary, good morning to you.  Thanks very much for being here.

SECRETARY POMPEO:  Maria, it’s great to be with you.  Thanks for having me on the show this morning.

QUESTION:  I want to discuss the magnitude of this agreement in a moment, but first I do want to get your thoughts on Justice Ginsberg’s passing this morning.

SECRETARY POMPEO: 

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

Ben Franklin Room

SECRETARY POMPEO:  Good morning, everyone.  It’s a pleasure to be with you again, Dom, Foreign Secretary Raab, back here in – to have you back here in Washington.  Our Special Relationship, now a couple hundred years old, is stronger than ever.  And I hope you feel right here at home, as I do when I travel to visit you in the United Kingdom.

We had good conversations back in July in Lond

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Via Teleconference

QUESTION:  Welcome back to The Ben Shapiro Show.  Joining us on the line is Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Well, Secretary Pompeo, today is an interesting day online as people set their hair on fire over the news that the President has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, as I’ve been making the case all day long that he deserves it more than his predecessor who won it specifically for being an alive human

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