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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Via Teleconference

SECRETARY CLINTON:  So, Secretary Blinken, welcome.  I cannot express how pleased I am to have this chance to talk with you.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.  I could not be happier to be able to spend some time with you.  I’ve had the good fortune to have spent a lot of time in these halls with you in the past, at the White House over many years, but it’s particularly fun to be connected via the

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

WASHINGTON, D.C.

QUESTION:  Hello.  We’re here today with Mike Pompeo, the 70th Secretary of State.  And we’re beginning the new year with a conversation with him.  Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for giving us time today.

SECRETARY POMPEO:  David, it’s great to be with you.  Happy New Year to you.

QUESTION:  So did you get any time off for the holidays, or you had to work straight thro

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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

Washington, D.C.

Press Briefing Room

SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. Good to be with you all today. I want to start my remarks, as I often do, on matters relating to China.

As many of you saw, I met with Yang Jiechi last week in Hawaii.

We had a very frank discussion about the Chinese Communist Party’s unprovoked aggression on a number of fronts and I pressed him for more transparency on COVID for the good

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