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Mike Pompeo, Nikki Haley take veiled jabs at Trump in CPAC remarks
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Friday, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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In new book, Mike Pompeo offers up a valuable but troubling account of the Trump presidency
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 25: "Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love", a memoir by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is displayed for sale at a Barnes & Nobles bookstore on January 25, 2023 in New York City. The memoir centers around his time in former President Donald Trump's administration. The book comes as Pompeo may be considering a run for the White House in 2024. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Mike Pompeo, who riled China while in office, to visit Taiwan
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a news conference about dealings with China and Iran, and on the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2020. Mangel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Pompeo, Pence among those signalling interest in 2024 Republican presidential run
FILE - In this March 26, 2021, file photo former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the West Side Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa. Less than three months after former President Donald Trump left the White House, the race to succeed him is already beginning. Pompeo, has launched an aggressive schedule visiting states that will play a pivotal role in the 2024 Republican primaries and he has signed a contract with Fox News Channel. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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China imposes sanctions on 30 former Trump officials including Mike Pompeo, Peter Navarro
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying speaks during the daily press briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. China's Foreign Ministry described outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday as a "doomsday clown" and said his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity was merely "a piece of wastepaper." (AP Photo/Liu Zheng)
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China calls Pompeo a ‘clown’ for making genocide designation before leaving White House
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
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Pompeo says China’s policies on Uyghurs constitute a ‘genocide’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club, in Washington, on Jan. 12, 2021.
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Iran imposes symbolic sanctions on Trump, several members of his administration
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on Dec. 7, 2020.
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Mike Pompeo offers burst of actions, attacks before leaving State
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
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U.S. cancels UN envoy’s trip to Taiwan, says move is part of transition to Biden administration
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a news conference at the U.S. State Department, in Washington, on Sept. 21, 2020.
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Voice of America reporter reassigned for Pompeo questions
In this June 15, 2020, photo, The Voice of America building in Washington. Michael Pack, the head of U.S.-funded international broadcasting is pressing ahead with his shakeup of the Voice of America and sister outlets by naming new leaders for two of its main networks and moving to defund one of the federal government's top democracy promotion initiatives. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Pompeo cancels Europe trip after Luxembourg minister, EU officials decline to meet him: sources
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves the White House, in Washington, on Dec. 11, 2020.
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Pompeo accuses Iran of having secret ties with al-Qaeda network
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club, in Washington, on Jan. 12, 2021.
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U.S. diplomats launch extraordinary protest against Trump for Capitol riot
U.S. Capitol Police push back demonstrators who were trying to enter the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Pompeo lifts ‘self-imposed restrictions’ on U.S.-Taiwan relationship
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2020. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Mike Pompeo holds ‘productive’ transition meeting with Biden’s secretary of state nominee
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a briefing to the media at the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2020. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
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Pompeo says U.S. considering sanctions on those involved in arrests in Hong Kong
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a briefing to the media at the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2020. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
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Pompeo weighs plan to place Cuba on U.S. terrorism sponsor list
FILE -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with reporters as he visits the White House in Washington, Dec. 11, 2020.
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U.S. to open consulate in disputed Western Sahara
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 12, 2020 shows (L to R) US and Moroccan flags next to a US State Department-authorised map of Morocco recognising the internationally-disputed territory of the Western Sahara (bearing a signature by US Ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer) as a part of the North African kingdom, in Morocco's capital Rabat. - US President Donald Trump's surprise backing of Morocco's claim to sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara upended years of international consensus, but will this break a deadlock or inflame a conflict? (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump downplays impact of massive hacking, questions Russia involvement
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Ft. Meade, Maryland, U.S. January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo/File Photo
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Pompeo to quarantine after contact with person who tested positive for COVID-19
In this file photo taken on Aug. 19, 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, in Washington.
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Benjamin Netanyahu met Saudi crown prince, Mike Pompeo in Saudi Arabia, Israeli minister says
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 23, 2020 shows (L to R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu giving a statement in Jerusalem on November 19, 2020; and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addressing the G20 summit in Riyadh on November 22. 2020. - Israel's premier Benjamin Netanyahu was in Saudi Arabia on November 22, where he held secret talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Israeli media said. A diplomatic correspondent at Israel's public broadcaster Kan quoted multiple Israeli officials as saying that Netanyahu and the head of the Mossad spy agency Yossi Cohen, "flew yesterday to Saudi Arabia, and met Pompeo and MBS in the city of Neom". Netanyahu's office was not immediately available to comment on the report. (Photos by Maya Alleruzzo and Bandar AL-JALOUD / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SAUDI ROYAL PALACE / BANDAR AL-JALOUD" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by MAYA ALLERUZZO,BANDAR AL-JALOUD/Saudi Royal Palace/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mike Pompeo touts Iran policy in Persian Gulf ahead of Joe Biden presidency
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives for a meeting with Taliban's peace negotiation team, amid talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, in Doha, Qatar November 21, 2020. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERS
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IS attack hits Afghan capital as Pompeo joins peace talks
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C-L) meets with Afghanistans State Minister for Peace Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi (C-R) and negotiators in the Qatari capital Doha, on November 21, 2020. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, amid signs of progress in their talks as Washington speeds up its withdrawal. Pompeo's visit comes in the wake of a rocket attack which struck densely populated areas of Kabul, killing at least eight people in the latest outbreak of violence in the Afghan capital. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pompeo becomes first top U.S. diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, on Nov. 19, 2020.
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U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran as Pompeo defends strategy
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during media briefing at the State Department, in Washington, on Nov. 10, 2020.
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Beijing warns U.S. not to ‘undermine’ its interests after Pompeo says Taiwan isn’t part of China
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 18, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press about his trip to Saudi Arabia after meeting with US President Donald Trump in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC. - The United States will exempt China, India and Japan from oil sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said November 5, 2018, while vowing to be "relentless" in pressuring Tehran. Pompeo listed eight countries that will enjoy temporary waivers from a ban on all oil transactions with Iran: China, India, Italy, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
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U.S. plans to sell F-35 fighter jets to UAE as part of $23-billion arms deal
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media briefing at the State Department, in Washington, on Nov. 10, 2020.
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Pompeo pushes for anti-China unity as he wraps up tour of Asia in Vietnam
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh pose for a photo before a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 30, 2020.
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Police could use guns during protests, Belarus minister says
FILE -- Protesters demonstrating against the results of presidential elections gather in front of the Independence Palace in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 30, 2020. The country’s autocratic ruler, Aleksandr Lukashenko, is hanging on. But his fate may be decided in Moscow, where patience is wearing thin. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
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U.S. urges diplomacy as fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh enters second month
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint news briefing at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 27, 2020.