What we objected to was the demands that were put that deeply violate fundamental principles of the separation of powers, they contacted State Department employees directly and told them not to contact legal counsel at State Department. Lawmakers from theForeign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight committees moved forward with testimony from their first key witness Thursday --- former U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, who resigned last week after receiving word his name had surfaced in the whistleblower complaint. Text messages released by Kurt Volker to Congress show U.S. officials involved with Ukraine arguing internally last month over whether Trump was engaged in a quid pro quo. Fox News on Friday also obtained Kurt Volker prepared testimony, in whichhe details Kurt Volker interactions with Rudy Giuliani lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who was probing whether Burisma had sought to garner influence with Joe Biden by paying high fees to Joe Biden son. A memorandum of the July 25 call between Rudy Giuliani and Zelensky released last month showed that while Rudy Giuliani sought a Ukrainian probe into the Joe Biden family, Rudy Giuliani did not explicitly use the $ 400 million in military aid as leverage. Trumptweeted Thursday that Rudy Giuliani had an.

Mike Pompeo

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The river is at its lowest levels in a decade, a problem linked to China's decision to shut off water upstream.

We stand ready to continue our diplomatic conversation. by Mike Pompeo

We stand ready to continue our diplomatic conversation.

The only path forward is a comprehensive deal that addresses the full range of its threats. Until then, our campaign of diplomatic isolation and maximum economic pressure will continue.

End the endless wars, draw down, reduce, it won't just be The Ame... by Mike Pompeo

End the endless wars, draw down, reduce, it won't just be The American service members.

He's been unambiguous: end the endless wars, draw down, reduce. It won't just be us, we hope that overall the need for combat forces in the region is reduced.

That's my directive from the president of the United States. by Mike Pompeo

That's my directive from the president of the United States.

We want them to take their country back, and we want to reduce what is, for us, tens of billions of dollars a year in expenditures.

You know, lots of countries posture before they come to the table... by Mike Pompeo

You know, lots of countries posture before they come to the table.

There could be more sanctions to follow but frankly what we'd really like is for the S-400 not to become operational, that's our objective. It's what we've been talking to the Turks about for months and months.

They've taken delivery of some of the components today and we're urging them to reconsider that decision.

Any entity considering evading our sanctions should take notice of this action today, it underscores our commitment to enforcement and to holding the Iranian regime accountable.

We've said that we will sanction any sanctionable behavior, and w... by Mike Pompeo

We've said that we will sanction any sanctionable behavior, and we mean it.

As for the next set of actions. I'll talk with the president and the teams back in Washington and we'll decide exactly which tools and exactly how to proceed.

We talked about what they've seen, what they know, and how they're beginning to think about how they will respond, iran is in a place today that they have taken themselves.

In the end, Donald Trump will make the decision on how to proceed... by Mike Pompeo

In the end, Donald Trump will make the decision on how to proceed.

State Department's State Department that for years and years and years we've provided hundreds of millions of dollars -- taxpayer, State Mike Pompeo taxpayer dollars -- to these countries and it, as you can see, hasn't delivered the outcome we're looking for with respect to American security and security along our southern border, so President Trump's made the decision that, with respect to the three countries in the Northern Triangle, we would turn off that assistance and frankly demand that they do the things that they're capable of doing. They've now expressed some willingness. We need to work alongside them to deliver on this outcome.

With this announcement, the United States is the first government to publicly take action with respect to the most senior leadership of the Burmese military, we designated these individuals based on credible information of these commanders' involvement in gross violations of human rights.

The Commander-in-Chief released these criminals after only months in prison, while the journalists who told the world about the killings in Inn Din were jailed for more than 500 days.

For the first time, the Iranians have said that they're prepared to negotiate about their missile program, we'll have this opportunity to negotiate a deal that will actually prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

I hope the North Koreans will come to the table with ideas that they didn't have the first time, we hope we can be a little more creative too.