It's been a steady stream of progress towards getting to where we want them to be, we just didn't get far enough.

Mike Pompeo

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I look forward to seeing them fulfill that $2-billion commitment, china's contributions to fighting the pandemic are paltry, compared to the cost that they have imposed on the world.

President Xi claimed this week that China is acting with openness, transparency responsibility. I wish it were so.

The United States condemns the ... proposal to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong, the United States strongly urges Beijing to reconsider its disastrous proposal, abide by its international obligations, and respect Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy, democratic institutions, and civil liberties, which are key to preserving its special status under U.S. law.

We are closely watching what's going on there.

This plague has cost roughly 90,000 American lives, more than 36 million Americans have lost their jobs since March; globally 300,000 lives. Could be as much as $9 trillion, according to our estimates, cost imposition on the world of the Chinese Communist Party's failures.

There are claims that this was for retaliation, for some investigation that the inspector general's office here was engaged in. Patently false. I have no sense of what investigations were taking place inside the inspector general's office, there is one exception. I was asked a series of questions in writing. I responded to those questions with respect to a particular investigation. That was some time earlier this year.

Crazy stuff, i don't get my ethics guidance from a man criminally prosecuted.

Because I simply don't know. I'm not briefed on it. I usually see these investigations in final draft form 24 hours, 48 hours before the IG is prepared to release them.. ... So it's simply not possible for this to be an act of retaliation. End of story.

I went to the president and made clear to him that Inspector General Linick wasn't performing a function in a way that we had tried to get him to, that was additive for the State Department, very consistent with what the statute says he's supposed to be doing.

It is not possible that this decision, or my recommendation rather, to the President rather, was based on any effort to retaliate for any investigation that was going on, or is currently going on, because I simply don't know. I'm not briefed on it. I usually see these investigations in final draft form 24 hours, 48 hours before the IG is prepared to release them.

The PRC's behavior in cyberspace is an extension of its counterproductive actions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, while the United States and our allies and partners are coordinating a collective, transparent response to save lives, the PRC continues to silence scientists, journalists, and citizens, and to spread disinformation, which has exacerbated the dangers of this health crisis.

Given the strong link between illegal wildlife sold in wet markets and zoonotic diseases, the United States has called on the Peoples Republic of China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets and all markets that sell illegal wildlife. I call on all ASEAN governments to do the same.

The international prohibition on weapons going to/from Iran ends in October. To extend this arms embargo, the Trump admin is suddenly arguing that the US is a party to the same Iran Deal it abandoned. That makes no sense. Make up your mind, @SecPompeo.

There are multiple labs inside of China that are handling these things, its important that those materials are being handled in a safe and secure way such that there isnt accidental release.

Look, we know it began at one [ lab ], but we need to figure this out, theres an ongoing pandemic. We still dont have the transparency and openness we need in China.

Professionalism isn't dependent on position or salary. It's about disagreeing without being uncivil.

Only a government that is capable of and committed to undertaking real and tangible reforms will restore investor confidence and unlock international assistance for Lebanon.

I've said that I'm going to stay serving as secretary of state so long as President Donald Trump shall have me.

The American people have the evidence right in front of their eyes, we don't have to guess about what Soleimani was up to. We know what he did on December 27. He killed an American. And we know what he's done for years and years and years: killed hundreds of Americans.

We're going to do the things that are right and the things that are consistent with American law.