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March 12, 2019

US withdrawing remaining staff from embassy in Venezuela

The United States announced late Monday that it will withdraw its remaining staff from its embassy in Venezuela, citing the deteriorating conditions in the country.

February 27, 2019

India-Pakistan tensions will only die down when both sides 'can go back to their people and claim victory', experts say

Tensions are rising as nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan both said they shot down each other's fighter jets on Wednesday, prompting international powers to urge restraint as relations between the two Asian nations showed no signs of improvement

February 24, 2019

White House vows to shed Obama-era policy of 'cowering' before North Korea ahead of second Trump-Kim summit

As President Trump prepares to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for their second one-on-one summit, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Wednesday and Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News the administration will abandon what he called the Obama administration's policy of "praying" and "cowering" before the rogue regime.

February 15, 2019

US military aircraft to deliver 200 tons of aid to Venezuela border

The Trump administration is sending more than 200 tons of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia as early as Saturday as it increases pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro to give up power, according to a State Department email sent to Congress

February 5, 2019

McConnell says Pompeo should 'think about' 2020 Senate bid

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News' "The Story with Martha MacCallum" Tuesday that he would like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to consider running for the Senate in 2020, but added that there was no need for him to leave that position right away.

January 31, 2019

Pentagon watchdog warns ISIS could retake Syrian territory in months after US withdrawal: official

A forthcoming report from the Pentagon's inspector general concludes that the ISIS terror group will regain territory it has lost in Syria in a matter of months without military pressure, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News late Thursday.

January 30, 2019

Pompeo confident of Trump-Kim summit in February, tells Fox News he's helping lay groundwork

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed he's started laying the groundwork for a second top-level summit between the United States and North Korea, telling Fox News on Wednesday night that “we’ll have a summit” by the end of February.

January 20, 2019

Pompeo reportedly meeting with top GOP strategist as he mulls 2020 Senate bid

The latest indication that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will run are reports that the secretary of state plans to meet Sunday with veteran Republican strategist Ward Baker to discuss what a campaign to fill the seat being vacated by Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas. Roberts, a Republican, said earlier this month, that he would not seek re-election in 2020.

January 12, 2019

Pompeo: Idea that Trump is national security threat ‘absolutely ludicrous’

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said that the idea that President Trump was a threat to national security is “absolutely ludicrous” -- after the New York Times reported that the FBI launched an investigation into whether Trump posed such a threat.

January 10, 2019

Pompeo's Cairo speech is a fundamental turning point for US foreign policy in these three watershed ways

The secretary of state made it clear: We will not apologize for America, we will stand up for our interests, and we will cooperate with our allies as long as they are willing to share the burden of preserving freedom.