June 22, 2020 Pompeo blasts Bolton over 'sad and dangerous' book, says ex-adviser 'not dissimilar' to Edward Snowden Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed on "Hannity" Monday that former National Security Adviser John Bolton was left out of meetings "because he was leaking or he would twist things or he'd lie."
June 22, 2020 House Dems schedule depositions with top Pompeo aides in probe of State Department inspector general's firing Reps. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D- N.Y., scheduled depositions with top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to probe the firing of State Department inspector general, Steve Linick.Â
June 22, 2020 State Department designates 4 more Chinese news outlets as propaganda The State Department designated four more Chinese news outlets as propaganda on Monday-- China Central Television, China News Service, People’s Daily and Global Times-- bringing the total to nine.Â
June 17, 2020 Pompeo meets Chinese counterpart in Hawaii to talk trade, Hong Kong, human rights Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday met with his Chinese counterpart in Hawaii as the relationship between the two nations dipped to its lowest level in a decade over everything from Beijing's handling of the coronavirus pandemic to Hong Kong's autonomy.Â
June 17, 2020 Trump administration hits Assad regime with new economic and travel sanctions The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions against the regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad for human rights abuses in the country’s bloody nine-year civil conflict.
June 15, 2020 Why US is trying to curtail ICC investigation over 'war crimes' in Afghanistan The U.S. government made it clear in March that it would not cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. military and intelligence personnel in Afghanistan, and late last week, the Trump administration doubled-down on its stance by issuing an executive order that paves the way for ICC employees and their families to be barred from entry to the United States, and slapped with economic sanctions.
June 15, 2020 Black Lives Matter banner hung at US Embassy in South Korea ordered down A massive "Black Lives Matter" banner that had been draped on the outside of the U.S. embassy in South Korea since Saturday was removed Monday after President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo purportedly complained about it, multiple news outlets reported.Â
June 15, 2020 Pompeo decries Russian conviction of American on espionage charges, demands release Both Whelan and his family have said that he is innocent, and was only in Russia at the time of his arrest to attend the wedding of a friend from his time in the Marines.
June 12, 2020 Pompeo tears into Engel in escalation of battle over IG firing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tore into House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., over the committee's investigation into the firing of former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick -- while offering a high-ranking department official to testify in his defense on the matter.Â
June 12, 2020 State Department ramping up passport processing as reopening begins The State Department is ramping up its passport processing, three months after it drastically reduced operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.