On his way out the door, Pompeo made the determination just 24 hours before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
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Defying precedent and possibly law, Pompeo dives into Trump campaign
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable last month to all U.S. diplomatic missions warning that, under federal law, diplomats should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign.
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State Department watchdog resigns 2 days after subpoenas issued for top Pompeo aides
Stephen Akard announced his resignation just two days after Democrats issued subpoenas for several of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s top aides.
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Pompeo says he’s warned Russia about threats to U.S. in Afghanistan
The secretary of state also defends the Trump administration’s tough line on China, saying the communist nation represents a potent threat to the U.S.
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Some U.S. leaders take ‘do as I say, not as I do’ virus stance
Even as the U.S. has largely hunkered down, some powerful people in Washington have defied preventative measures aimed at curbing the spread of the contagious coronavirus
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Impeachment intensifies buzz about Pompeo run for U.S. Senate
Some in President Trump’s circle wonder whether the secretary of state is plotting an escape strategy.
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Pompeo presses European countries to take Islamic State fighters
The secretary of state tells members of the international coalition fighting ISIS that they must prosecute their nationals who were detained in Iraq and Syria.
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Maine Voices: Amid partisan passions, let us praise career Foreign Service officers
During the open impeachment hearings, listen to these professionals, whose allegiance is to the truth, not to domestic political objectives.
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Reagan statue unveiled in Berlin at site of iconic Cold War speech
It overlooks the location of the former president’s 1987 address imploring the Soviet Union to remove the Berlin Wall.
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North Korea, U.S. resume nuclear diplomacy with Sweden talks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says it could eventually lead to a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un.