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Trump rules out Mike Pompeo, Nikki Haley in his new administration

President-elect Donald Trump ruled out two of his previous Cabinet members -- former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley to be part of his upcoming administration. Trump, 78, was elected as the 47th president of the United States. He defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, 60, in the elections held on November 5. In the first term, Trump served as the 45th president from January 20, 2017, to January 20, 2021. "I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump Administration, which is currently in formation, Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Pompeo served as the CIA Director and Secretary of State in his first term, while Haley served as his ambassador to the United Nations in the first two years of his presidency. Both his cabinet-ranking officials later entered the presidential race against him in the Republican primaries. While Pompeo dropped from the race early, Hale

Jaishankar, ex-US State Secy Pompeo exchange views on contemporary politics

In a post shared on X, Jaishankar stated, "Useful exchange of views on contemporary politics with former US Secretary of State @mikepompeo.

US again renews protection for Mike Pompeo and top aide over Iran threats

The Biden administration has once again renewed taxpayer-funded protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and one of his top aides, who have been the target of persistent threats from Iran. The State Department notified Congress late last month that the threats against Pompeo and Trump administration Iran envoy Brian Hook remain serious and credible and continue to warrant government-provided security details. The notifications are dated Dec. 19 but were not transmitted to Congress until December 22. They were obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Tensions in the Middle East have soared since the outbreak of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza and escalated further Wednesday after dozens of people were killed in blasts in Iran at a memorial service for Iran Revolutionary Guard commander Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a US airstrike in Baghdad on January 3, 2020. Pompeo and Hook were the public faces of the US maximum pressure campaign against Iran afte

Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not running for 2024 US president

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeoasaid Friday he will not enter the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The former secretary of state said on Fox News that he would not seek the GOP nomination in a contest that would have put the devoted ally and defender of Donald Trump into competition with his former commander in chief. Pompeo would have been the second former Trump Cabinet member to enter the race to challenge the former president for the 2024 GOP nomination, joining former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who announced her campaign in February. Former Vice President Mike Pence is also considering entering the race and has stepped up his travel and activity in early-voting primary and caucus states.

Outpourings of a deluded zealot

Mike Pompeo gets most things wrong in his book and only comes across as self-absorbed and delusional

Xi Jinping the 'most unpleasant' among leaders I met as secretary: Pompeo

Mike Pompeo has said that among the dozens of world leaders he met as the US Secretary of State he found the "most unpleasant" was Chinese President Xi Jinping, who threatened to stop sending PPF kits to America if it kept asking for accountability from Beijing on Covid-19. In his book titled 'Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,' former US Secretary of State Pompeo, 59, writes that he held multiple interactions with the Chinese leader and found him "dour" and a "quintessential Communist apparatchik". He writes that Xi told stories about Chinese victimhood and talked about his "demands to avenge grievances from long before any of us were born. "Personally, I thought Xi was dour. While Putin can be funny and mirthful, even while being evil, Xi was not so serious as dead-eyed. I never once saw an unforced smile, Pompeo writes in the book that hit the bookstores on Tuesday. I also found Xi a quintessential Communist apparatchik: heavy in the abstract, light on the issu

Mike Pompeo slams Ashraf Ghani in his book, calls him a total fraud'

Ashraf Ghani, the former Afghanistan President who fled the country when the Taliban grabbed power in Kabul, was a total fraud solely focused on his own desire to stay in power and a big hurdle in any peace talks, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. In his book titled 'Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,' Pompeo claims that both Ghani and Afghanistan's former chief executive Abdullah Abdullah were involved in corruption at the highest levels that limited the US' ability to successfully exit the war-torn country in August 2021. The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 31, ending its 20-year-old military presence in the country. As negotiations accelerated, Ghani was always a problem. I met scores of world leaders, and he was my least favourite. That's saying a lot when you have Kim (Jong-un), Xi (Jinping), and (Vladimir) Putin in the mix. Yet Ghani was a total fraud who had wasted American lives and was focused solely on hi

Iran vows legal pursuit of Trump, Pompeo for Soleimani's assassination

On January 3, 2020, the US military, at the order of Trump, assassinated Soleimani and the deputy commander of Iraq's paramilitary

India, Pak came 'too close' to nuclear conflagration in 2019: Mike Pompeo

I do not think the world properly knows just how close the India-Pakistan rivalry came to spilling over in a nuclear conflagration

Mike Pompeo unofficially urges US to give diplomatic recognition to Taiwan

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a non-official visit to Taiwan called for the US to give diplomatic recognition to the self-ruled island China claims as its own territory

Mike Pompeo backs growing calls for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday (local time) backed growing calls for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics next year over human rights issues in China."The CCP has disappeared reporters writing about Wuhan virus, docs telling the truth about CCP labs, a prof tennis player, Uighurs, Hong Kongers & the head of Interpol. Let's disappear the Olympics from them and hold it in a place the world can be proud of. #BoycottBeijingOlympics," Pompeo tweeted.This comes a few days after US President Joe Biden said that his administration was considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.Asked about the possibility of the boycott during an Oval Office meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, Biden responded that it was "something we are considering", NBC News reported.The White House usually sends a delegation to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics but under a diplomatic boycott, they would not send the delegation. ...

Pompeo denounces Biden administration over Afghanistan crisis

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday hit out at the US President Joe Biden for the current instability in Afghanistan and handling of the evacuation process from the country

Whereabouts of $5,800 whisky bottle given to Pompeo baffling US State Dept

The whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of Japanese whiskey that was gifted to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is baffling the state department

Afghan fight against Taliban 'a matter of will', says Mike Pompeo

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he believes Afghan forces can secure country as US withdraws, but success will depend on whether they have will to put up a fierce fight against Taliban

Tracing Covid-19's origin: Five ways US is pressing China to solve mystery

In the past few weeks, the United States has pressed China on tracing the origin of the virus.

State Dept. watchdog says Mike Pompeo, wife violated ethics rules

The State Department's internal watchdog has concluded that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife violated federal ethics rules by asking staffers to run personal errands

China does not deserve to host 2022 Winter Olympics, says Pompeo

Pompeo has said that permitting China to host next year's Winter Olympics would give Beijing a credibility boost similar to what was enjoyed by Nazi Germany after the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin.

Pompeo calls on Biden administration to confront China 'head-on' like Trump

Former US Secretary of State Pompeo said that US President Joe Biden's administration has to confront China 'head-on' in the same way the previous Donald Trump-led administration had done

China announces sanctions against Mike Pompeo, key Trump officials

China imposed sanctions against former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and 27 others associated with the previous Trump administration for promoting and executing "crazy moves"

China dubs Pompeo as 'Mr. Liar'; dismisses charge against Wuhan's bio-lab

China on Monday vented out its anger against outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling him "Mr. Liar" and dismissed as "conspiracies and lies" the allegations by the State Department