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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Biden administration restores Trump-rescinded policy on illegitimacy of Israeli settlements

The Biden administration has restored a U.S. legal finding dating back nearly 50 years that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are “illegitimate” under international law.
 
FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits for a television interview at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 7, 2023. The Biden administration has once again renewed taxpayer-funded protection for Pompeo and one of his top aides, who have been the target of persistent threats from Iran. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

US again renews protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top aide over Iran threats

 
FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Friday, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Pompeo said Friday, April 14, that he is not entering the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not running for president

 
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Friday, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pompeo, Haley take veiled jabs at Trump in CPAC remarks

 
FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses an audience at a periodic "Politics and Eggs" gathering at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, N.H., Sept. 20, 2022. The Biden administration has again extended government protection to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and one of his top Iran aides due to persistent threats against them from Iran. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

US extends protection for ex-Trump aides from Iran threats

 

2024 hopefuls try to stay visible amid Trump indictment

2024 hopefuls try to stay visible amid Trump indictment

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FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses an audience at a periodic "Politics and Eggs" gathering at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, N.H., Sept. 20, 2022. The Biden administration has determined that Iranian threats against former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and one of his former top aides remain credible and persist. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

US says Iran threats to ex-officials Pompeo, Hook persist

The Biden administration has determined that Iranian threats against former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and one of his former top aides remain credible and persist.
 

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FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. The Jan. 6 committee interviewed Pompeo and met briefly with Pennsylvania's Republican nominee for governor Doug Mastriano on Aug. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Pompeo talks to 1/6 panel, Mastriano cuts own meeting short

The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has interviewed former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and met briefly with Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor Doug Mastriano as it probes Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
 
FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Pompeo is headlining a major gathering of Republicans in South Carolina as he considers a 2024 White House bid. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Pompeo to headline fundraiser in early-voting South Carolina

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headlining a major gathering of Republicans in South Carolina as he considers a 2024 White House bid.
 
President Joe Biden meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Saudi Arabia downplays normalization with Israel

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has downplayed talk of normalization with Israel after the kingdom opened its airspace to Israeli commercial flights and hammered out a complex deal over islands in the Red Sea that required Israeli assent.
 
FILE - Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a fundraiser hosted by The Citadel Republican Society after receiving the Nathan Hale Patriot Award, on Dec. 2, 2021, in Charleston, S.C. Former President Donald Trump's persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

Iowa GOP open to non-Trump prospects as 2024 gets underway

Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process.
 
FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 25, 2022. Pompeo has a book coming this fall that covers his years in the Trump administration. Broadside Books, a conservative imprint at HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that Pompeo’s book was scheduled for November and is currently untitled. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has book out this fall

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a book coming this fall that covers his years in the Trump administration and, according to his publisher, offers “unvarnished appraisals of the deals made and characters encountered along the way.”
 
FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. The State Department says it's paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face “serious and credible” threats from Iran. That's according to a report sent to Congress last month and obtained by The AP on Saturday, March 12. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

US pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat

The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide.
 
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo answers after he delivering a speech during his four-day trip to Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

In unofficial capacity, Pompeo urges US to recognize Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a speech Friday on a non-official visit to Taiwan called for the U.S. to give diplomatic recognition to the self-ruled island China claims as its own territory.
 

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

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FILE - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks on a phone on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Oct. 30, 2020. At least 13 former Trump administration officials, including Meadows, violated the law by intermingling campaigning with their official government duties. That's according to a new federal investigation released Nov. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act

At least 13 former Trump administration officials violated the law by intermingling campaigning with their official government duties.
 
FILE - Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, July 16, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. The State Department’s internal watchdog said Thursday, Nov. 4, that a $6,000 bottle of Japanese whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that was reported missing remains unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Japan’s pricey whisky gift to Pompeo still missing

The State Department’s internal watchdog says that a missing $6,000 bottle of Japanese whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remains unaccounted for.
 
FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader shack hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar. President Joe Biden and his national security team say the Trump administration tied their hands when it came to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The argument that President Donald Trump's February 2020 deal with the Taliban set the stage for the weekend chaos that unfolded in Kabul has some merit. But, it's far from the full story. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File)

Was Biden handcuffed by Trump’s Taliban deal in Doha?

President Joe Biden and his national security team say the Trump administration tied their hands when it came to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
 

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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2019 file photo, then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo smiles as he speaks with reporters at the State Department in Washington. The State Department says it's looking into the the apparent disappearance of a nearly $6,000 bottle of whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the government of Japan. In a notice filed in the Federal Register on Wednesday, the department said it could find no trace of the bottle's whereabouts and that there is an “ongoing inquiry” into what happened to the booze., Secretary of State Mike Pompeo smiles as he speaks with reporters at the State Department in Washington. The State Department says it's looking into the the apparent disappearance of a nearly $6,000 bottle of whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the government of Japan. In a notice filed in the Federal Register on Wednesday, the department said it could find no trace of the bottle's whereabouts and that there is an “ongoing inquiry” into what happened to the booze. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pompeo got $5,800 whisky gift from Japan, but where is it?

The State Department says it’s looking into the apparent disappearance of a nearly $6,000 bottle of whisky given more than two years ago to then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the government of Japan.
 
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the Family Leadership Summit, Friday, July 16, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Pompeo: Afghan fight against Taliban ‘a matter of will’

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he believes Afghan forces can secure the country, but it will depend on whether they have the will to put up a fierce fight against the Taliban.
 
FILE - In this March 26, 2021 file photo, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the West Side Conservative Club, in Urbandale, Iowa. Pompeo has become the latest former Trump administration official to launch a political action committee. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Pompeo to headline GOP dinner in early-voting South Carolina

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to keynote the signature fundraiser for the Republican Party in South Carolina.
 
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2021 file photo, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves as he is introduced at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla. Pompeo has become the latest former Trump administration official to launch a political action committee. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Pompeo unveils PAC, demurs on possible 2024 presidential bid

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has become the latest former Trump administration official to launch a political action committee.
 

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
 
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo, then Ambassador Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, center, appears before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration’s ambassador to the European Union and a pivotal witness in 2019 impeachment proceedings has sued former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an effort to recoup $1.8 million in legal fees. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Key impeachment witness sues Pompeo over $1.8M in legal fees

The Trump administration’s ambassador to the European Union and a pivotal witness in 2019 impeachment proceedings has sued former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an effort to recoup $1.8 million in legal fees.
 
A webpage with the title "Pompeo stop your slanders! Only We Xinjiang people have a say!" and videos of ethnic Uyghurs responding to former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen on a computer screen in Beijing on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. China has highlighted an unlikely series of videos this year in which Uyghur men and women deny U.S. charges that Beijing is committing human rights violations against their ethnic group. In fact, a text obtained by the AP shows that the videos are part of a government campaign that raises questions about the willingness of those filmed. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses

The Associated Press has found that videos of ethnic Uyghurs filming themselves denying human rights abuses are part of a Chinese government campaign that raises questions about the willingness of the participants.
 
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, former Vice President Mike Pence speaks after arriving back in his hometown of Columbus, Ind., as his wife Karen watches. Less than three months after former President Donald Trump left the White House, the race to succeed him is already beginning. Pence has started a political advocacy group, finalized a book deal and later this month in South Carolina will give his first speech since leaving office. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

GOP White House hopefuls move forward as Trump considers run

WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than three months after former President Donald Trump left the White House, the race to succeed him atop the Republican Party is already beginning.
 

State Dept. watchdog says Pompeo, wife violated ethics rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 and perform non-official work such as making restaurant reservations, shopping and caring for thei
 
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about the release of the '2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices,' at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Blinken ends Trump rights plan promoting conservative agenda

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sharp rebuke to Trump-era policies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday formally scrapped a blueprint championed by his predecessor to limit U.S. promotion of human rights abroad to causes favored by conservatives like religious freedom and property matters while dism
 
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the West Side Conservative Club, Friday, March 26, 2021, in Urbandale, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, wary of Trump’s long shadow

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents.
 
FILE - 70th United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves as he is introduced at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. From the point of view of C-SPAN, the 2024 presidential campaign begins this Friday, March 26, 2021. The network is sending it cameras to suburban Des Moines, Iowa, to tape Pompeo speaking to a breakfast meeting of the Westside Conservative Club, to be aired later in the day on Friday. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Another campaign? C-SPAN to air Iowa speech by Pompeo

NEW YORK (AP) — From the point of view of C-SPAN, the 2024 presidential campaign begins this Friday.
 
FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue at Dalton Regional Airport in Dalton, Ga. Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be speaking at the group's annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump to speak at CPAC in first post-White House appearance

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend.
 

China blasts Pompeo over accusation of genocide in Xinjiang

BEIJING (AP) — An official from China’s far west Xinjiang region accused former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday of trying to undermine Beijing’s relations with new President Joe Biden by declaring that China’s actions against the Uighur ethnic group are “genocide.”
 
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