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June 10, 2020

Pompeo: China engaging in decades-long 'war on faith'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Wednesday, accusing China of a “war on faith” while presenting the 2019 International Religious Freedom Report for Congress.

June 6, 2020

Pompeo hits back against China's 'obscene propaganda' following George Floyd's death

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Saturday blasted the Chinese Communist Party’s "obscene propaganda" in the wake of George Floyd's killing and accused the Chinese government of a "callous exploitation" of Floyd's death.

May 31, 2020

Pompeo: China is bent on Western 'destruction'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared the Chinese Communist Party's recent actions show that they are actively seeking to harm the U.S. and its western allies, but expressed optimism that the Trump administration and Europe are up to the task of countering them.

May 29, 2020

Pompeo defends dismissal of State Department watchdog: 'He was investigating policies he simply didn't like'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has defended the firing earlier this month of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, telling "The Ingraham Angle" Thursday that "I regret that I didn't recommend to the president earlier that he be terminated.

May 28, 2020

US disrupts Iranian fuel deliveries to Venezuela, official says

The Trump administration halted scheduled Iranian fuel deliveries to Venezuela Wednesday by threatening sanctions on the ships carrying the cargo, according to U.S. officials.

May 28, 2020

Gordon Chang: America must 'un-teach' years of 'bad lessons' to China

Chinese leadership in Beijing is testing American resolve by endorsing a national security law that alters Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, or Basic Law, analyst Gordon Chang stated Thursday.

May 27, 2020

Pompeo: All Iran sanctions waivers covering nuclear projects are ending

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday the US will end all sanction waivers that allowed Chinese, European and Russian companies to work with Iranian nuclear sites without enduring US sanctions.

May 27, 2020

Ex-US envoy to China says Washington is waking up to Beijing taking 'more and more control' of Hong Kong

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr. praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday for declaring that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China days after Beijing moved to impose new national security legislation on the territory.

May 27, 2020

Pompeo officially declares Hong Kong ‘no longer autonomous,’ slams China intervention

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday officially declared that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, days after Beijing moved to impose new national security legislation on the territory.

May 26, 2020

Israel rejects $1.5B Chinese water plant after Pompeo said it could affect working relationship with US

The Israeli government announced Tuesday that IDE Technologies has been awarded a $1.5 billion contract to build the world’s largest desalination plant, beating out China-based CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. -- an announcement just weeks after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly opposed Chinese involvement in Israeli infrastructure.