Mike Pompeo

U.S. 01/14/21, 05:47

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday, Jan. 13, that he would resign in a week's time, when the Trump administration finishes its term on Jan. 19. Pompeo wrote in a tweet that he would transfer the U.S. Secretary of State's Twitter account and use a personal account. “One week from ...

U.S. 01/12/21, 22:01

The fight against the threat from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “inside the gates” warned Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, Jan. 8, when speaking to House Republicans. Pompeo told members of the conservative Republican Study Committee that he really became aware of the “scope and the scale and ...

U.S. 12/11/20, 10:08

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a press release on Thursday, Dec. 10 in which he sanctioned Huang Yuanxiong, an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), for being involved in the brutal persecution of the spiritual discipline of Falun Gong since 1999. Following the State Department's press release, it announced ...

2020 Campaign 11/10/20, 17:39

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is confident President Trump will win re-election, despite what the polls and mainstream media tell us. A reporter asked Pompeo on Tuesday if the State Department was ready to work with the Biden transition team, and if they were not prepared to do so, could a ...

U.S. 10/28/20, 16:09

The United States and India signed a new defense pact—the Basic Geospatial Exchange and Cooperation Agreement—while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited India.  "The United States will stand with the people of India as they confront threats to their sovereignty and freedom," Pompeo said Oct. 27, ...

Middle East 10/15/20, 02:36

A top Republican who advises the president on foreign policy confirmed the liberation of two U.S. citizens held captive in the Middle East. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is celebrating after the Trump administration successfully negotiated the release of Americans Sandra Loli and Mikael Gidada who were both captured by Islamic ...

Europe 09/30/20, 03:56

the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) harsh crackdown on religious groups has only increased in the two years since the Vatican signed a deal between the Catholic church and Beijing. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo previously criticized the deal, which is up for renewal next month, and he is headed to ...

U.S. 08/20/20, 04:52

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday, Aug. 19, criticized Democrats for failing to talk about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that he deems "the single-greatest challenge to the United States over the next years," during the Democratic National Convention. “I’ve been terribly surprised that the Democrats haven’t talked about foreign ...

U.S. 08/10/20, 18:17

A number of undefined restrictions have been placed on 11 U.S. politicians and CEOs by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They have all been accused of promoting democratic causes, and include Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who has previously been singled out by ...

U.S. 08/01/20, 04:50

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) on Friday, July 31, issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over claims that he helped Senate Republicans advance conspiracy theories about former Vice President Joe Biden and his family. “Secretary Pompeo has turned the State Department into an arm of ...

U.S. 07/31/20, 06:43

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday, July 30, praised China as a country "growing into a respectable nation" despite the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) ongoing human rights violations. “We hold China as a potential trading partner, as a country that has pulled tens of millions of people out of poverty in ...

U.S. 07/25/20, 03:46

U.S. federal agents and local law enforcement on Friday afternoon, July 24, forced their way into the Chinese Consulate compound in Houston, Texas, following Tuesday's order to close the diplomatic facility after U.S. officials alleged that it was part of a larger espionage effort carried out by the Chinese Communist ...

U.S. 07/24/20, 15:51

During an event at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a new era in U.S.-China relations, urging other pro-democracy governments to confront Chinese communist Party's tyranny. In his speech Pompeo recalled the relationship that former U.S. President Nixon acquired 50 ...

U.S. 07/24/20, 02:50

What does the China threat mean for the economy, for liberty, and indeed for the future of free democracy around the world? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has failed in its promises to the world. Speaking at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on Thursday, July 23, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ...

U.S. 07/20/20, 22:03

President Donald Trump’s administration has call the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop 21-yearlong persecution of Falun Gong, an ancient spiritual practice originating in China that the CCP has sought to eradicate since 1999. “We call on the PRC [People’s Republic of China] government to immediately end its depraved abuse and ...

U.S. 07/16/20, 12:24

On Wednesday, July 15, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was skeptical and mistrusting of the current World Health Organization investigation in China into the origin of the CCP Virus (COVID-19) pandemic. "I hope I'm wrong. I hope it's a thorough investigation that gets fully to the bottom, but I've watched ...

Politics 07/16/20, 11:50

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that the United States will impose costs on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to make sure it changes its behavior that is posing a real threat to the world. In an interview with The Hill on Wednesday, July 15, Pompeo revealed that he ...

U.S. 07/10/20, 10:58

On July 8, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to meet its "international human rights obligations" during the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the July 9 National Offensive in Beijing. "On July 9, five years ago the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a ...

Politics 07/07/20, 03:37

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday, July 6, blasted former National Security Adviser Susan Rice for criticizing the Trump administration's foreign policy related to Russia. During an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Rice expressed skepticism that President Trump said he was never briefed about the reports that ...

Asia & Pacific 07/05/20, 05:56

Fifty-three countries at the U.N. Human Rights Council, led by Cuba on Tuesday, June 30, backed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) new national security law for Hong Kong, which is widely viewed as the death knell for the city's autonomy. Cuba read out the statement in favor of the new law ...