Mike Pompeo - Wikipedia

10/22/2020 Mike Pompeo - Wikipedia Mike Pompeo Michael Richard Pompeo (/pɒmˈpeɪoʊ/; born December 30, 1963) is an American politician, diplomat, businessman, and Mike Pompeo attorney who, since April 2018, has been serving as 70th United States secretary of state. He is a former United States Army officer and was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from January 2017 until April 2018. Pompeo was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017, representing Kansas's 4th congressional district. He was a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee and member of the Italian American Congressional Delegation. Pompeo is also a member of the Tea Party movement within the Republican Party.[3] President Donald Trump nominated Pompeo as secretary of state in March 2018, with Pompeo succeeding Rex Tillerson after his dismissal.[4] Pompeo was confirmed by the Senate on April 26, 2018, in a 57–42 vote[5][6][7] and was sworn in the same day.[8] Official portrait, 2018 70th United States Secretary of State Contents Incumbent Assumed office Education and early career April 26, 2018 Business career President Donald Trump U.S. House of Representatives (2011–2017) Deputy John J. Sullivan Elections Stephen Biegun Tenure Preceded by Rex Tillerson CIA Director (2017–2018) 6th Director of the Central Secretary of State (2018–present) Intelligence Agency Nomination and confirmation In office Tenure January 23, 2017 – April 26, 2018 Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump President Donald Trump COVID-19 pandemic Deputy Gina Haspel 2019 emergency arms sale Preceded by John O. Brennan Republican National Convention speech Succeeded by Gina Haspel Potential 2020 U.S. Senate bid Member of the Political positions U.S. House of Representatives Pompeo and the Heritage Foundation from Kansas's 4th district Military and national security In office Military positions: 2013–2015 January 3, 2011 – January 23, 2017 Military positions: 2016 to present Preceded by Todd Tiahrt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pompeo 1/34 10/22/2020 Mike Pompeo - Wikipedia Energy and environment Succeeded by Ron Estes Health care Personal details Social issues Born Michael Richard Miscellaneous Pompeo China December 30, 1963 International Criminal Court Orange, California, Personal life U.S. See also Political party Republican References Spouse(s) Leslie Libert (m. External links 1986; divorced) Susan Justice Mostrous (m. 2000) Education and early career Children 1 Education U.S. Military Pompeo was born in Orange, California, the son of Dorothy (born Academy (BS) [9][10] Mercer) and Wayne Pompeo. His father was of Italian Harvard University ancestry; his paternal great-grandparents, Carlo Pompeo and (JD) Adelina Tollis were born in Pacentro, Abruzzo, and emigrated to the United States in 1899 and 1900, respectively.[11] In 1982, Net worth $345,000 (2014)[1] Pompeo graduated from Los Amigos High School in Fountain Signature Valley, California, where he played forward on the basketball team.[12] In 1986, Pompeo finished first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he majored [9][13][14] in engineering management. Military service From 1986 to 1991, Pompeo served in the U.S. Army as an armor Allegiance United States officer with the West Germany-based 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry in Branch/service United States the 4th Infantry Division. He served as a tank platoon leader before Army becoming a cavalry troop executive officer and then the squadron [2] maintenance officer.[15] Pompeo left the U.S. Army at the rank of Years of 1986–1991 captain.[2][16][17][18] service Rank Captain In 1994, Pompeo received a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, where he served as one of 78 editors of the Harvard Unit 2nd Squadron, 7th Journal of Law & Public Policy[19][20] and on the 81-member Cavalry Regiment · board of editors[21] of the Harvard Law Review.[2] After 4th Infantry Division graduating, he worked as a lawyer for the law firm Williams & Connolly in Washington.[22] Business career In 1998, Pompeo moved to Wichita, Kansas, where he and three other West Point friends, Brian Bulatao, Ulrich Brechbuhl, and Michael Stradinger, acquired three aircraft-part manufacturers there (Aero Machine, Precision Profiling, B&B Machine) and in St. Louis (Advance Tool & Die), renaming the entity Thayer Aerospace after West Point superintendent Sylvanus Thayer.[23][24][25] Venture funding for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pompeo 2/34 10/22/2020 Mike Pompeo - Wikipedia private organization included a nearly 20% investment from Koch Industries [26] as well as Dallas-based Cardinal Investment, and Bain & Company (Brechbuhl worked for Bain at the time).[27][23] Brechbuhl and Stradinger left the company shortly after it was founded, but Pompeo and Bulatao continued. In 2006, he sold his interest in the company, which by then had been renamed Nex-Tech Aerospace, to Highland Capital Management, which had clients including Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace, Cessna Aircraft, Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems and Raytheon Aircraft.[28] Pompeo then became president of Sentry International, an oilfield equipment manufacturer that was also a partner of Koch Industries.[29] In 2017, when Pompeo became head of the CIA, he named his former business partner, Brian Bulatao, the agency's chief operating officer.[24] U.S. House of Representatives (2011–2017) Elections Pompeo represented Kansas's 4th congressional district from 2011 until his January 2017 appointment to director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[30] In the 2010 election, Pompeo won the Republican primary for Kansas's 4th District congressional seat with 39% of the vote,[31] defeating state senator Jean Schodorf (who received 24%) and two other candidates.[32][33] Late in the primary, Schodorf began to surge in the polls, prompting two outside groups—Common Sense U.S. congressional delegation at the Halifax International Security Forum Issues and Americans for Prosperity—to spend tens of thousands of in 2014 dollars in the campaign's final days to attack Schodorf and support Pompeo.[34] In the general election, Pompeo defeated Democratic nominee Raj Goyle, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives. Pompeo received 59% of the vote (117,171 votes) to 36% for Goyle (71,866).[35] During Pompeo's campaign, its affiliated Twitter account praised as a "good read" a news article that called Goyle, his Indian-American opponent, a "turban topper" who "could be a muslim, a hindu, a buddhist etc who knows". Pompeo later apologized to Goyle for the tweet.[36] Pompeo received $80,000 in donations during the campaign from Koch Industries and its employees.[37] In the 2012 election, Pompeo defeated Democratic nominee Robert Tillman by a margin of 62–32%.[38] Koch Industries gave Pompeo's campaign $110,000.[39] In the 2014 election, Pompeo won the general election with 67% of the vote, defeating Democrat Perry Schuckman.[40] In the 2016 election, Pompeo beat Democrat Daniel B. Giroux in the general election with 61% of the vote.[41] Tenure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pompeo 3/34 10/22/2020 Mike Pompeo - Wikipedia Pompeo served on the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy, the United States House Intelligence Subcommittee on the CIA, and the United States House Select Committee on Benghazi.[42] He was a member of the Congressional Constitution Caucus.[43] CIA Director (2017–2018) On November 18, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Pompeo to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[44] He was confirmed by the Senate on January 23, 2017, with a vote of 66–32, and sworn in later that day.[45][46] In his confirmation he failed to disclose the links between his company in Kansas and a Chinese government owned firm.[47] In February 2017, Pompeo traveled to Turkey and Saudi Arabia. He met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss policy on Syria and ISIL.[48] Pompeo honored the then–crown prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Nayef Official CIA portrait with the CIA's "George Tenet" Medal.[49] It was the first reaffirmation of Saudi Arabia–United States relations since Trump took office in January 2017.[50] In March 2017, Pompeo formally invoked state secrets privilege to prevent CIA officers, including Gina Haspel and James Cotsana, from being compelled to testify in the trial of Bruce Jessen and James Elmer Mitchell.[51] In June 2017, Pompeo named Michael D'Andrea head of the CIA's Iran mission center.[52] In August 2017, Pompeo took direct command of the Counterintelligence Mission Center, the department which helped to launch an investigation into possible links between Trump associates and Russian officials.[53] Former CIA officials, including John Sipher, expressed concern given Pompeo's proximity to the White House and Donald Trump.[54] In September 2017, Pompeo sought authority for the CIA to make covert drone strikes without the Pentagon's involvement, including World War II veteran Joseph inside Afghanistan.[55] Dunford being honored at Bastille Day celebrations on July During Easter weekend 2018, Pompeo visited North Korea and met 13, 2017. with Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un to discuss the 2018 North Korea– United States summit between Kim and Trump.[56] Pompeo usually personally delivered the president's daily brief in the Oval Office.[57] At Trump's request, Pompeo met with former NSA official William E. Binney to discuss his doubts of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[58] At the suggestion of Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, Pompeo planned to hire chaplains at the CIA.[58] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pompeo 4/34 10/22/2020 Mike Pompeo - Wikipedia On April 15, 2019, Pompeo participated in a Q&A discussion at Texas A&M University, where he admitted: "I was the CIA director.

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