Your life . Sec. Pompeo i try to answer this consistently. I have never been able to predict what my next gig will be. Would you fix your tie, please . David well, people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. Just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . So you became our 70th United States secretary of state in april of 2018. You are happy with the job . Is it as much fun as you thought it was going to be . Sec. Pompeo every day. David so what are the most significant Foreign Policy issues of concern to you . What do you think are the Biggest Challenges we have in our country right now in the Foreign Policy area . Sec. Pompeo i get asked this question all the time about sort of the rank order of challenges. David s
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Niels lesniewski, Senior Senate reporter for roll call. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. And live now to remarks from secretary of state mike pompeo. Hes part of a discussion on Foreign Policy taking place at the Economic Club of washington d. C. This morning. This is live. So, look it, its an important question. Its about priorities and resources and how you allocate time and how do you think about the problems that, you know, for me the first the first half when i came in now, 16, 17 months ago to the state department after having been the cia director was to make sure that the state department was ready in the moment of crisis. Spent a lot of time making sure my team was ready for the day what happens when something bad happens and are your people, and things you hadnt thought about. Priorities, the first thing i do every morning is read about china. I talk about the broad array of issues that present opportunities for the United States and risks from china. The trade negotiatio
Has that occurred to you, that you could do the job, and would you have any interest in running for president at some point in my life . Sec. Pompeo i try to answer this consistently. I have never been able to predict what my next gig will be. Would you fix your tie, please . David well, people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. Just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Our 70th United States secretary of state in april of 2018. You are happy with the job . Is it as much of one as you thought it was going to be . Sec. Pompeo every day. David so what are the most significant Foreign Policy issues of concern to you . What do you think are the Biggest Challenges we have in our country right now in the Foreign Po
This morning we dont know about . Sec. Pompeo well, i am here. Became secretary of state in april, 2018. Are you happy with the job . Is it what you thought it was going to be . Sec. Pompeo every day. Moderator what are the most significant Foreign Policy issues for you . What do you think are the Biggest Challenges we have in Foreign Policy . Sec. Pompeo i get asked this question about ranking the order of challenges. Moderator you mean thats not an original question . Of. Pompeo its a question where you allocate resources and time, how you think about problems. Ago, havingonths been cia director, my First Priority was making sure the team was ready and a time of crisis. What happens when something really bad happens thats unexpected . Is your team capable . Do you have the people who can respond . In terms of priorities, every morning the first thing i do is read about china. I take time to talk about the broad array of issues that provide opportunities for the United States and chal