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Mike Pompeo

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first: 2019-08-09
most recent: 2019-08-09
sittings or episodes: 1
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“Haven't figured that out yet. I'm enjoying every minute of what I'm doing. I truly feel that I've been given this remarkable privilege to serve, and I'm trying to do my best to deliver on that every day.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You get a chance to help ordinary Americans understand what we're doing and try and deliver them an environment where fewer and fewer of their kids have to be in armed conflict. That's our mission set every day, to get American outcomes through diplomacy.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“A great opportunity. I was practicing law at Williamson Connolly here, had great partners I worked for. Unlike many, I actually enjoyed my time there. I was older that I had gone to law school a little bit later, but had a chance to start a business in Kansas with three of my best friends in the whole world. And so started a company that was a machine shop in Wichita, Kansas, and spent the next 15 years.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So one of them is the Secretary of Defense. So he's a classmate of mine as well. I give him a hard time about our relative order of finish. Yes.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I mean, look, there's always tension among leaders of different organizations. We come at these things from a different viewpoint. Ambassador Poulton has his responsibility to try and make sure all the ideas are vetted and get to the president, Secretary Treasury, Secretary of Energy, the Intelligence Committee each have their mission sets. We have robust lively debates. I agree with each of them often and disagree with most of them sometimes.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So there's a very robust NSC process. When I brief him myself, I always prefer to have a document. It's the way I prefer to receive information. So I almost always bring something a one-page summary at the very least that says here's the outline of what it is that I think are the priorities and how we should think about how we should frame this particular problem. And then the president does like to engage in oral exchanges. I've found them to be elucidating for myself. I often learn things as well. He's very focused on where the money is, how we use economic leverage to achieve our diplomatic ends.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I haven't thought about it yet. Hard to know, hard to answer those questions. The real question is, would the president still want Mike Pompeo as the Secretary of State?”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I try to answer this consistently. I have never been able to predict what my next gig will be, and I suspect that's the case with respect to this. I will say this. The service that I've had the chance to do, I'm almost 20 years now in federal service, 18 years of federal service in my time in the Army and then in Congress and now in the executive branch. It has been a blessing. I hope I've left things a little bit better. I do feel an obligation. America has given me an awful lot. And if I thought I could do a good turn, there's nothing I wouldn't consider doing for America.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's off the table as a practical matter. I'm going to serve as Secretary of State every day that I get the chance to do so. We all serve at the pleasant, as you talked about, that Director Coates, who I have enormous respect for, will be leaving the administration saying he served nobly. There's a time for everyone, and I hope I get to do this for a while longer”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You had an interview with him? I think the vice president was likely the person who I had known and served with as a member of Congress.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“David, you've never believed that the CI only does foreign espionage. Okay, I got it. Okay. I've never been able to convince you.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You started trying to get me at the beginning, now you're trying at the end. The president has said pretty clearly, we're going to do all that it takes to make sure the Venezuelan people get democracy back. And that's the mission set.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“No, it's not enough. They still have high side of 2,000 every day. It's unacceptable. And so they need to do more. We need to do more. Congress needs to change the. Anyway, I won't tell you the joke we told, but the simplest way to do it would be go to Mexico and come on. But what you want to encourage them to do is file the paperwork, go through the lawful process, become citizens where the most welcoming nation in the world we will always be, but it's not the case that we can be lawless or have our sovereignty broken through having this mass immigration in a nonlawful mechanism. It's truly there's a national security risk”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“At all, and if I did, they'd ignore me. I mean, right, they have a duty, they have responsibility. Our task is for them to tell us what they're saying, then we expect that they'll report them accurately, truthfully, candidly, and then our mission is to make sure they don't end up in the Washington Post.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I don't know the details of the legislation. I'm convinced the State Department has all the resources it needs to perform its part of that function. We have the authorities we need, we have the money we need. The burden is on me to execute.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“And the one before that, and the one before that, and the one in 2018, people forget, we've had an election since 2016. I hear people say, oh, we have to protect 2020. Well, the good people who ran in 2018 cared a lot about us protecting that one. We did so very effectively, and we'll do so again in 2020. It's not just the last thing. I know this town, I know exactly what will get reported just so you know it ain't just Russia. That's bad English. I'll try and correct it. There are more nations than just Russia who are attempting to undermine Western democracy. That has been true since the founders. Created this great nation. And so we have to be ever vigilant.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think he speaks English plenty well. Look, he's very clear about the things that are in Russia's interest, the things they're working on. We had a strategic dialogue with them that we hope will build into something that handles a broad set of proliferation issues, not just nuclear proliferation issues, but a broad array of proliferation issues. We hope China will join that set of conversations. We think today's and today's world these agreements need to have China be part of them. And I hope that President Putin will support us. And I think he will.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“That's my directive from the President of the United States. He's been unambiguous, and the endless wars draw down, reduce. It won't just be us, those of you who have served know that Resolute Support has countries from all across Europe and around the world.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Speaking with the opposition, those folks that are not inside the government, we're speaking with Taliban officials. We have Ambassador Khalil Lazad has worked all across Afghanistan with, when I was there last, I met with NGOs. I met with women's groups, a broad swath of Afghanistan. We want them to take their country back. And we want to reduce what is for us tens of billions of dollars a year in expenditures and enormous risk to your kids and your grandkids who are fighting for America. We think there's a path to reduce violence, achieve reconciliation, and still make sure that the American counterterrorism effort in Afghanistan has a value and the potential to reduce risk here in the States.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Real progress. I try not to do timelines, but I'm optimistic. We're not just negotiating with the Taliban. That's the story. The truth of the matter is we're talking to all Afghans. So we've spoken with President Ghani. I spoke to him on Friday night or Friday morning.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So there's a reason it hasn't been solved for 40 years or more. In the end, this will be the decision of the Prime Minister of Israel and the leadership in the West Bank and Gaza. I've been deeply involved in Mr. Kushner's efforts there.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yes, they're enriching more than they were under the agreement. Their temporary reduction in enriched uranium has now ended. They're moving back in the wrong direction. We're urging them to think about it. But for us, it's not about these levels set in the JCPOA. And it's about their capacity to build that nuclear weapons system in a time frame that matters to you and your kids and your grandkids. The previous agreement didn't remotely touch that.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“American sanctions alone won't work. They've worked. We have taken over 95% of the crude oil that was being shipped by Iran all around the world. We have taken it off the market and we've done so with 17-18% lower than when we withdrew from the JCPOA. So we have managed both to protect the economic growth that the world needs while doing our best at NISA resources to The Islamic Republic of Iran reg”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“To step back and think about what we're doing more broadly in the Middle East. With respect to Iran, it's the world's largest state sponsor of terror. It has the capacity to continue to work towards developing a nuclear weapon system, which would cause proliferation risks all throughout the Middle East. And so we are very concerned about that as well. Our chosen strategy was to take 180 degree turn from what the previous administration has done. They created opportunity for enormous wealth for the kleptocrats in Iran and for them to underwrite Hezbollah militias in Iraq, the Houthis in Yemen that are even as we speak, preparing to continue their attacks on Saudi Arabia. We've decided to go the other way. We're trying to reduce their resources to conduct terror campaigns all around the world, bill out their missile systems and their nuclear program, and we've been incredibly effective at that. I remember, David, I'm sure no one in this room, but many here in Washington said that”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Although he spoke, the American media decided to give him a megaphone to talk about. Things that are untrue going on in the Olympic Republic of Iran and gave them a chance to lie vociferously to the American people. I look forward to the chance to speak to the Iranian people in that same way, but truthfully and tell them honestly about what's going on inside of their own country. So far they've not taken me up on that offer.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Are working, I was working with what I guess I'm now working with my third British foreign minister, has been the Secretary of State, but working with the British to find the solution to both A, write that in justice, and second, prevent it from happening again. So to establish deterrence, that's the mission set”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“We're going to keep them open. We're going to build out a maritime security plan. Countries from all across the world who have a vested interest in keeping those waterways open will participate. It will take more time than we wish it would take. But I'm very confident that the world understands its importance that America is prepared to be a significant part of that, but we need countries from all across the world to assist us in protecting commercial transit. We'll be successful.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Look, I'll say this. I've talked about this publicly a couple times. We hope that there are creative solutions to unlocking this. It is a very difficult challenge for each of us. We have to remember, too, these aren't U.S. sanctions. These are UN Security Council resolutions. These are global sanctions put on by every single country. And so we are mindful that we are the steward for enforcing those.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“There was a big bidesque spread, to put it in economic terms. We'd had a number, I can't go into all the details, but we had a number of conversations about a broad range of issues in the run-up to that. My team had worked very, very hard. And it just turned out that the idea that the leaders could bridge that gap in that moment turned out to not work that day.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, so I've spent more time with them than any American. I passed Dennis Rodman on the last trip. So he's bright, he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. From my very first interaction with him, he's been very candid with me about the things that are important to him, the priority set and how the negotiations might proceed. He's now repeated that he's prepared to denuclearize. It's not time to execute. And I hope that we can achieve that.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, and we've made some. We've had other places where we've gone backwards. The Chinese have frankly been very helpful on North Korea, so they have done more to enforce the UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea than ever at any time in history. They're helpful with us today in Afghanistan and the project there too. It's something folks don't spend a lot of time thinking about. So far, so good with respect to respecting our sanctions enforcement on the Islamic Republic of Iran. But so there are places we can work with China. There are lots of diplomatic fronts where we have We don't share the same values, but we have overlapping interests and we work on those problems.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I mean And so look, it's an important question. It's about priorities and resources and how do you allocate time and how do you think about the problem set. For me, the first task when I came in now go to 16, 17 months ago to the State Department after having been the CI director, was to make sure the State Department was ready in the moment of crisis. In terms of priorities Every morning, the first thing I do is read about China, so I take time and talk about all the broad array of issues that present both real opportunity for the United States and risk to America from China.”
2019-08-09 · The David Rubenstein Show · Mike Pompeo · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source