Informal Communication

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

Rome, Italy

Eurovision Studio

QUESTION: But let me ask you how it went. You’re fresh from the Vatican. How did it go this morning with the cardinals? What progress did you make?

SECRETARY POMPEO: Look, we had a constructive discussion. We have a shared objective. The Chinese Communist Party is behaving in ways that are reminiscent of what’s only happened in centuries past in terms of human rights violation

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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.

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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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