Mike Pompeo Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state and director of the CIA.
Personal
Birth place: Orange, California
Father: Wayne Pompeo, machinist
Children: with Susan Pompeo: Nicholas
Education: United States Military Academy, West Point, B.S., 1986; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1994
Military service: US Army, 1986-1991, Captain
Religion: Christian/ Presbyterian
Graduated first in his class at West Point Military Academy.
Timeline
1986-1989 – US Army officer in charge of patrolling the border between West Germany and East Germany and Czechoslovakia during the Cold War.
1994-1996 – Joins the Washington, DC law firm of Williams & Connolly as a tax litigator.