Mike Pompeo
Michael Richard Pompeo is an American politician who served in the administration of Donald Trump as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018 and as the 70th United States secretary of state from 2018 to 2021. He also served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.
Some of the key events about Mike Pompeo
- 1986Graduated first in class from the United States Military Academy at West Point
- 1994Founded Thayer Aerospace, a company that manufactured aircraft parts
- 2010Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th congressional district
- 2010Ran a campaign ad accusing his opponent of being a "turban topper" and supporting Islamic terrorists
- 2013Opposed the closure of Guantanamo Bay detention camp despite human rights concerns
- 2014Appointed to the House Select Committee on Benghazi
- 2015Defended the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques, calling them "within the law"
- 2017Appointed as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency by President Donald Trump
- 2017Advocated for the expansion of U.S. surveillance programs, raising privacy concerns
- 2018Confirmed as the 70th United States Secretary of State
- 2018Facilitated negotiations between North Korea and the United States, including a summit in Singapore
- 2018Supported the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, increasing tensions in the Middle East
- 2018Criticized and threatened sanctions against International Criminal Court officials investigating U.S. actions in Afghanistan
- 2019Launched the Commission on Unalienable Rights to review U.S. human rights policies
- 2019Declared Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank were not inconsistent with international law, contradicting long-standing U.S. policy
- 2020Brokered normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab states, known as the Abraham Accords
- 2020Refused to acknowledge Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election, contributing to unfounded claims of election fraud
- 2020Approved arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE despite concerns over human rights violations in Yemen
- 2021Became a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank
- 2021Imposed last-minute sanctions on Cuba, complicating future diplomatic efforts
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