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Michael Richard Pompeo is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and former U.S. Army officer who served in the first administration of Donald Trump as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018, and as the 70th United States secretary of state from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Kansas's 4th district in the United States…
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s call with Zelenskyy since he had not yet read the transcript of the call. It was later confirmed by officials that he himself had been on the call. Pompeo informed the chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the House Intelligence Committee, and the House Oversight Committee that their subpoenas for documents regarding Trump
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2026· 3 entries
“s call with Zelenskyy since he had not yet read the transcript of the call. It was later confirmed by officials that he himself had been on the call. Pompeo informed the chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the House Intelligence Committee, and the House Oversight Committee that their subpoenas for documents regarding Trump”
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Public attention spiked: 4,612 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 1,057, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: Republican concerned for Pompeo after Trump pulls security detail amid Iran threats
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President Trump revoked Pompeo's security detail
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“seeking to bring onto campus…someone with a view that is very different than most of the faculty on their staff.”
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2023· 10 entries
The Guardian: Mike Pompeo says he will not run for president in 2024 election
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The Guardian: Pompeo says Israel has biblical claim to Palestine and is ‘not an occupying nation’
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The Guardian: Never Give an Inch review: Mike Pompeo as ‘heat-seeking missile for Trump’s ass’
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The Guardian: Schiff calls Mike Pompeo ‘failed Trump lackey’ after classified records claim
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The Guardian: Mike Pompeo dismisses ‘faux outrage’ over murder of Jamal Khashoggi
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The Guardian: Nikki Haley accuses Pompeo of ‘lies and gossip to sell book’ after vice-president plot claim
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The Guardian: Nikki Haley plotted with Kushner and Ivanka to be Trump vice-president, Pompeo book says
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Pompeo joined the board of directors of Cyabra, an Israeli counter-disinformation company which has recorded a 20% revenue growth in recent years
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“s long-standing control of the West Bank and Gaza should not be described as an occupation, claiming that Israel has biblical and historical ties to the land. He made several striking statements during the interview, including calling Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas a”
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Pompeo has argued that Israel's long-standing control of the West Bank and Gaza should not be described as an occupation, claiming that Israel has biblical and historical ties to the land
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Brilliant Star (2022).
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A lawsuit was filed against Pompeo and other defendants alleging that they have illegally placed Assange and his guests under surveillance
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2021· 8 entries
Claimed: ““The folks that are around President Biden today in his White House talking about foreign policy are the same leaders — a fellow named Brett McGurk sent $150 billion, pallets of cash, to the Iranians, who are hosting the senior al-Qaeda leadership in Tehran today.”” — rated Four Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan."” Mostly True.
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Pompeo and several other Trump administration officials were sanctioned by China
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Pompeo announced that the Department of State had determined that "genocide and crimes against humanity" had been perpetrated by China against the Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang
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Pompeo cancelled a planned European trip when European diplomats declined to meet with him
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“genocide and crimes against humanity”
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Through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit revealed that the dinners had cost almost $65,000, including more than $10,000 for custom-engraved, Chinese-made pens given as gifts to the attendees
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2020· 13 entries
Snopes rated the claim “On Nov. 10, 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration."” Mostly True.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Boris Johnson and Mike Pompeo express support for Nigerian separatists” False.
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Pompeo, after visiting Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al-Said, concluded a Middle East trip aimed at encouraging Arab countries to follow the UAE's move
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Pompeo recorded a speech during an official diplomatic visit to Jerusalem, during the Republican National Convention, in support of the incumbent and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
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Pompeo, during his Communist China and the Free World's Future speech, announced the end of what he called "blind engagement" with the Chinese government
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Trump issued executive order Executive Order 13928, Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated With the International Criminal Court
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Pompeo made a swift visit to Israel for his first trip overseas since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic
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Pompeo claimed that China had denied U
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Pompeo threatened two staff members of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Phakiso Mochochoko and ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's in their effort to use the ICC to investigate Americans
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Snopes rated the claim “Did Mike Pompeo declare, "We will continue to fight these battles. It is a never-ending struggle ... until the Rapture."” Correct Attribution.
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“This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution, masquerading as a legal body.”
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“s claims and activities in the South China Sea were illegal. In addition he said the Chinese authorities were not allowed to take unilateral action in the area. Michael Hirson, at Eurasia Group, argued that Pompeo was calling for regime change. He called on the Chinese people to betray their government and rise up to change the Chinese Communist Party. On July 23, 2020, Pompeo, during his Communist China and the Free World”
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Pompeo declined to offer U
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2019· 14 entries
Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated on the Russian state television network RT that the CIA "lied, cheated, stole."” Mixture.
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Pompeo appeared to grant legitimacy to a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine, rather than or in addition to Russia, was behind interference in the 2016 United States elections
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Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland noted in his opening statement that United States Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, then-U
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Italian journalist gives dog food to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo” False.
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That the White House was withholding military aid to Ukraine to force cooperation on U
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"Any effort to intimidate witnesses or prevent them from talking with Congress—including State Department employees—is illegal and will constitute evidence of obstruction of the impeachment inquiry
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To Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which Trump solicited assistance in investigating the son of former vice president and presidential candidate Joe Biden, Pompeo initially said he had little knowledge of Tru
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Pompeo met for three hours with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and for ninety minutes with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia
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Claimed: “Syrian President "Bashar al-Assad controls a small fraction of Syria today."” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: ““State Dept represents America to the world, so our team should reflect the millions of Americans outside the Boston-DC corridor.”” — rated Three Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Africa Check rated the claim “Mike Pompeo refused to meet Nigeria’s Atiku Abubakar” False.
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That Juan Guaidó would be recognized by the U
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Pompeo began a diplomatic tour of the Middle East to assure regional U
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“I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It was like we had entire training courses . . . it reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.”
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2018· 6 entries
A CIA assessment was leaked to the media, that concluded with "high confidence" Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the October 2, 2018, assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi
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Pompeo said Israel "is everything we want the entire Middle East to look like going forward" and that the Israel–United States relations are "stronger than ever"
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That he would nominate Pompeo to serve as secretary of state, succeeding Rex Tillerson, who stepped down on March 31, 2018
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“is everything we want the entire Middle East to look like going forward”
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“has reasserted itself aggressively, invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening Europe, and doing nearly nothing to aid in the destruction and defeat of ISIS”
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of State (2018–2021).
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2017· 8 entries
Claimed: “"We’ve seen the Chinese now say for among the first times that they believe the correct answer has to be a denuclearized peninsula."” — rated Distorts The Facts by FactCheck.org.
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With a vote of 66–32, and sworn in later that day
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Career landmark: United States representative (2017–2017).
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Career landmark: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017–2018).
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When Pompeo became head of the CIA, he named his former business partner, Brian Bulatao, the agency's chief operating officer
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Pompeo worked to undermine the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal with Iran (which had been negotiated by the Obama administration) saying, "I look forward to rolling back this disastrous deal with the world
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It was reported that Pompeo had expressed desire for regime change in North Korea
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“reject violence that is perpetrated in its name.”
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2016· 5 entries
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Pompeo to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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ACT for America gave Pompeo a "national security eagle award" for his comments on Islam
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“Congress should pass a law re-establishing collection of all metadata, and combining it with publicly available financial and lifestyle information into a comprehensive, searchable database. Legal and bureaucratic impediments to surveillance should be removed. That includes Presidential Policy Directive-28, which bestows privacy rights on foreigners and imposes burdensome requirements to justify data collection.”
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Pompeo stated, "Congress should pass a law re-establishing collection of all metadata, and combining it with publicly available financial and lifestyle information into a comprehensive, searchable database
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“should be brought back from Russia and given due process, and I think the proper outcome would be that he would be given a death sentence.”
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2015· 7 entries
Pompeo and Senator Tom Cotton alleged the existence of secret side agreements between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on procedures for inspection and verification of Iran's nuclear activities unde
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“politics is a never-ending struggle ... until the Rapture.”
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Career landmark: United States representative (2015–2017).
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“Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu is a true partner of the American people.”
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Pompeo opposed the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the United States and supported eliminating the United States federal register of greenhouse gas emissions
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“To worship our lord and celebrate our nation at the same place is not only our right, it is our duty... America had worshiped other Gods and called it multiculturalism. We’d endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle....This evil is all around us....(Politics is) a never-ending struggle … until the rapture. (to a “God and Country Rally” at Wichita’s Summit Church in June 2015)”
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In 2015 in a talk at a church, Pompeo said that "politics is a never-ending struggle ... until the Rapture."
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2014· 3 entries
Pompeo said "What the President did with the Golan Heights is recognize the reality on the ground and the security situation necessary for the protection of the Israeli state
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Pompeo told a church group that Christians needed to "know that Jesus Christ as our savior is truly the only solution for our world"
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“What the President did with the Golan Heights is recognize the reality on the ground and the security situation necessary for the protection of the Israeli state.”
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2013· 4 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (2013–2015).
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Pompeo said: "There are scientists who think lots of different things about climate change
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Pompeo supported the surveillance programs of the National Security Agency, referring to the agency's efforts as "good and important work"
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“There are scientists who think lots of different things about climate change. There”
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2012· 1 entry
Called for the permanent elimination of wind power production tax credits, calling them an "enormous government handout"
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2011· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (2011–2013).
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Voted for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which would have banned federal health coverage that includes abortion
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2010· 1 entry
Representing Kansas's 4th congressional district until 2017
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2009· 1 entry
Pompeo signed the No Climate Tax pledge of Americans for Prosperity
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2007· 2 entries
Pompeo served as a local church deacon from 2007 to 2009 and taught Sunday school.
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“know that Jesus Christ as our savior is truly the only solution for our world”
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2006· 1 entry
Sold his interest in the company, which by then had been renamed Nex-Tech Aerospace, to Highland Capital Management, which had clients including Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace, Cessna Aircraft, Boeing, Spirit A
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2003· 3 entries
“This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution, masquerading as a legal body... The United States is not a party to the ICC, and we will take all necessary measures to protect our citizens from this renegade, so-called court.”
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“A livre Hong Kong foi uma das cidades mais estáveis, prósperas e dinâmicas do mundo. Agora será apenas mais uma cidade de administração comunista, onde seu povo estará sujeito aos caprichos da elite do partido. É triste.”
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“Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?”
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1996· 1 entry
Pompeo moved to Wichita, Kansas, where he and three West Point friends, Brian Bulatao, Ulrich Brechbuhl, and Michael Stradinger, acquired three aircraft-parts manufacturers there (Aero Machine, Precision Profiling, B&B M
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1994· 2 entries
Studied at Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor (1994).
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Pompeo earned a juris doctor from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
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1986· 3 entries
And completing his obligatory five-year service as a U
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Studied at United States Military Academy, Bachelor of Science (1986).
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Pompeo graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he majored in engineering management
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1982· 1 entry
Pompeo graduated from Los Amigos High School in Fountain Valley, California, where he played forward on the basketball team
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-12-30.
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