April 12, 2018 Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for secretary of state, promises to 'push back' against Russian aggression CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of state, told his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that he wanted to continue to “push back” against aggressive moves by Russia.
April 11, 2018 Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for secretary of state, to tell senators years of soft US policy toward Russia 'now over' Mike Pompeo, whom President Trump chose for his next secretary of state, is expected to tell the Senate during his confirmation hearing Thursday that years of soft policy toward Russian aggression are “now over.”
April 11, 2018 Gen. Zinni, Adm. Stavridis: What Pompeo must do first if confirmed as secretary of state The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a confirmation hearing Thursday on President Trump’s nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to become secretary of state.
April 10, 2018 Madeleine Albright hits Obama for not acting on Syria 'red line' threat Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Monday that she wished former President Barack Obama had taken action after setting his "red line" in Syria.
March 22, 2018 Rex Tillerson's career as secretary of state under Trump Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is out as the nation's top diplomat. Here’s a look back at his time as secretary of state.
March 21, 2018 Tillerson: Administration working on legislative fix that could keep US in Iran nuclear deal The White House is working with lawmakers on a legislative fix that could allow the U.S. to remain in the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the Associated Press during an interview Friday.
March 15, 2018 Marc Thiessen: North Korea: Here's why America will be stronger with Pompeo at State There are many reasons Rex Tillerson's tenure as secretary of state was a failure, from his notorious isolation from his subordinates to his failure to help quickly staff the political appointment positions at State with competent Republicans.
March 14, 2018 The big lesson of the Tillerson firing What surprised Washington foreign policy and political gurus was not Rex Tillerson’s dismissal as secretary of state, which had been rumored for months, but how it was done.
March 14, 2018 Trump fires Tillerson for irreconcilable differences, as the media predicted months ago On the last day of November, the New York Times ran a story headlined "White House Plans Tillerson Ouster From State Dept., to Be Replaced by Pompeo."
