This was an Iranian attack, it's not the case that you can subcontract out the devastation of five percent of the world's global energy supply and think that you can absolve yourself of responsibilities.

Mike Pompeo

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We are here to build out a coalition aimed at achieving peace and a peaceful resolution. That's my mission, that's what President Trump certainly wants me to work to achieve and I hope that the Islamic Republic of Iran sees it that way.

This is an attack of a scale we've just not seen before, the Saudis were the nation that were attacked. It was on their soil. It was an act of war against them directly.

Were that true — it's not, but were that true — it doesn't change the fingerprints of the Ayatollah as having put at risk the global energy supply, we also know that these are systems that the Iranians have not deployed anyplace else, that they have not deployed outside of the country, to the best of our knowledge.

I think you know we've done more sanctions on Iran than anybody. And it's absolutely working. Now, The President has made clear The President is happy to take a meeting with no pre-conditions, but we are maintaining the maximum pressure campaign.

Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while Rouhani and Zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy, amid all the calls for de-escalation, Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply.

We call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn Iran... by Mike Pompeo

We call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn Iran's attacks.

It's complicated, there's certainly places where ISIS is more powerful today than they were three or four years ago. But the caliphate is gone and their capacity to conduct external attacks has been made much more difficult.

What we've always said is the caliphate's been gone and there's always risks that there'll be a resurgence, not just from ISIS.

Someone asked, would the policy be different absent any individual being here, these have been the president's policies. We give him our best wisdom, we share with him our understanding ... but I don't think that any leader around the world should make any assumption that because some one of us departs that President Trump's foreign policy will change in a material way.

I don't think any leader around the world should make any assumption the President's foreign policy will change in any material way.

We work very closely with the President of the United States, i don't think any leader around the world should make any assumption that because some one of us departs, that President Trump's foreign policy will change in a material way.

We're going to walk away from a deal if others try to use violence to achieve better ends in the negotiations.

President Trump ultimately made the decision, he said, 'I want to talk to (President) Ashraf Ghani. I want to talk to these Taliban negotiators. I want to look them in the eye. I want to see if we can get to the final outcome we needed.'.

The president hasn't yet made a decision on that. by Mike Pompeo

The president hasn't yet made a decision on that.

President Trump made clear we're not just going to withdraw because there's a timeline. We're only going to reduce our forces when certain conditions are met.

They may have been right about the fool part. I'll leave that to you all, secretaries of state don't often do this, but from my perspective, I want to hear it. If you don't like what I'm doing, I want to know. I want to make sure we get it.

I am going to stay here. by Mike Pompeo

I am going to stay here.

Please do note that our team is focused on helping those two Canadians be released, it's wrong that they are being held.

What I've consistently said with respect to every penny the State Department spends, including our foreign assistance budget, is we've got to get it right. We've got to make sure we are using it in ways that are effective, that American interests are represented in the way we spend that money. That certainly includes our foreign assistance program.