Informal Communication

Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

London, England

Grosvenor House Hotel

QUESTION:  Antony Blinken, good to see you, and thanks for being with us at the Global Boardroom.

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Great to join you.  Thank you.

QUESTION:  Let’s start – let’s start with the pandemic.  The U.S. wants to lead the global response to COVID-19.  We always hear that.  But at the same time, there have been criticism that, one, you

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Via Teleconference

QUESTION:  I am joined now by the United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.  Mr. Secretary, welcome back to The Hugh Hewitt Show.

QUESTION:  Hugh, it’s great to be with you this morning.

QUESTION:  Thank you.  The Chinese Communist Party has a mouthpiece, the Global Times, which has a lead editorial today: China to respond to U.S. provocations in next 10

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

QUESTION: So good afternoon and welcome to the 548th meeting of the Economic Club of New York, and I’m Marie-Josee Kravis, the chair emerita of the Economic Club of New York and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. Just reminding you that the Economic Club is one of the nation’s leading nonpartisan forums for discussions of economic, social, and political issues, and I think our mission is as important today as ever

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

QUESTION:  Now, one of the targets of that smear, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, joins me exclusively now.  Mr. Secretary, great to see you.  Now, I know you feel that Rice’s remarks show a lack of restraint that our country can’t afford to have back in the White House.  Explain all that.

SECRETARY POMPEO:  Laura, thanks for having me on.  To hear Ambassador Rice talk that way is just crazy.  Sh

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Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

QUESTION:  Welcome back, America.  I’m Hugh Hewitt.  Thank you for joining me on this Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020.  I’m joined now by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.  Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show.

SECRETARY POMPEO:  Hugh, it’s great to be with you this morning.

QUESTION:  Well, thank you.  I had never expected to say this, because John Bolton is a friend of mine – he’s been

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