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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces a new "ethos" statement as he addresses employees in the lobby staircase of the U.S. State Department headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Mike Pompeo preps major Arctic policy speech amid concern over Chinese warships in region

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces a new 'ethos' statement as he addresses employees in the lobby staircase of the U.S. State Department headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Pompeo off to Europe next week amid strains on many fronts

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2019 photo, North Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui talks during a press conference at Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. Choe on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, has accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of making &quot;foolish and dangerous&quot; comments after Pompeo said Washington will have to &quot;change paths&quot; if nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang break down. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

North Korea criticizes Pompeo over comments on nuke talks

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Opponents to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro face off with Bolivarian National Guards in armored vehicles who are loyal to the president, during an attempted military uprising in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops in a call for the military to rise up and oust Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Juan Guaido Venezuela ‘final phase’ to push Nicolas Maduro from power

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2019 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro flashes a vee for victory during his swearing-in ceremony at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela. Maduro was sworn in for a second term as president, but most Latin American countries, the United States and Canada denounced his government as illegitimate, arguing his re-election was a farce. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Nicolas Maduro convinced by Russia not to flee Venezuela, Pompeo said

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, flanked by national security adviser John Bolton, left, and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, right, listen during the meeting between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Mike Pompeo confident on China talks despite clash over Iranian oil

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 11, 2019, file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members attend a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran. The Trump administration on Wednesday granted important exemptions to new sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, watering down the effects of the measures while also eliminating an aspect that would have complicated U.S. foreign policy efforts. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S. eases effects of sanctions on Iran’s elite guard force

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, and National Security Adviser John Bolton, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the Office of Government Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

White House ends waivers for Iranian oil

By Lauren Toms, Tom Howell Jr. and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference on Monday, April 22, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. The Trump administration on Monday told five nations — Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China and India — that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Donald Trump to impose sanctions on countries buying Iranian oil

By Lauren Toms, Dave Boyer and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turns from the podium after speaking at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The Trump administration announced that it's allowing lawsuits against foreign companies operating in properties seized from Americans in Cuba, a major policy shift that has angered European and other allies.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mike Pompeo confirms Americans killed in Sri Lanka

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, left, meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Mike Pompeo brushes off North Korea’s demand that he leave bargaining team

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, arrives with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Pompeo dismisses NKorea’s rejection of him as US negotiator

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, greets a young Venezuelan migrant at a migrant shelter, as he's given a tour by Colombian Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez, behind, and Colombian President Ivan Duque, not in picture, in La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2019. Pompeo is on a four-day Latin American tour, making his final stop at the Colombian border to meet with representatives of Venezuelan refugees. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

US Secretary of State visits Venezuelan migrants in Colombia

By MARKO ALVAREZ and FERNANDO VERGARA - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, listens to Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez, during official meeting at &quot;Palacio de Lopez&quot;, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Saturday, April 13, 2019. Pompeo is in the second of four countries' tour that includes Chile, Peru and Colombia to address, mainly, the crisis in Venezuela. On the wall is a paint of National Hero Marshal Francisco Solano Lopez. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Pompeo prioritizes Venezuela crisis on Latin American tour

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Chile's President Sebastian Pi&#241;era and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pose for photos at La Moneda Palace, in Santiago, Chile, Friday, April 12, 2019. Pompeo met Friday with Pi&#241;era to address, mainly, the vast crisis that afflicts Venezuela in the first round of a tour that includes Paraguay, Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Pompeo: Foreign intervention ‘helped destroy’ Venezuela

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Chile's President Sebastian Piñera and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pose for photos at La Moneda Palace, in Santiago, Chile, Friday, April 12, 2019. Pompeo met Friday with Piñera to address, mainly, the vast crisis that afflicts Venezuela in the first round of a tour that includes Paraguay, Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Pompeo: China financing of Maduro prolongs Venezuela crisis

By EVA VERGARA - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, about the FY'20 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mike Pompeo defends aid cuts to Central American countries over immigration

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

From left Home Secretary of the United Kingdom Savid Javid, US Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security Claire M. Grady, EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, Interior Minister of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, German Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, Deputy Commissioner General of Japan Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Minister of Security of Burkina Faso, Oussen Compaore, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles De Kerchove, Canadian Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Ralph Goodale, Secretary General of Inerpol Jurgen Stock, and Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Interior, Matteo Salvini pose for a family picture during the G7 Interior Ministers meeting in Paris, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Foreign and interior ministers from the Group of Seven are gathering in France this week to try to find ambitious solutions to world security challenges. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Latest: US envoy calls the G-7 “more relevant than ever”

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her &quot;Mornings with Maria Bartiromo&quot; program on the Fox Business Network, in New York Friday, April 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hostage foundation rescinds invitation to secretary of state

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press