testimony earlier today. t did pompeo any time come to your aid? my understanding, deputy sullivan is that this sort of the rumors about me of this smear campaign was behind closed doors that there were a number of discussions between the president and secretary pompeo and he did keep me in place for as long as he could. that s what i was told. so what it appears back back 2018 the president was already making noises that he wanted you out of there. it appears that as early as april of 2018 mr. parnas was at a fundraiser for the president and recommended that you be removed, and then subsequently in may of 2018 was pictured at a
are my number 1 fans most days and have shown unyielding support to me throughout my confirmation process and every other stage in my public service career. i love you both very, very much. [applause] i want to thank john sullivan, deputy sullivan. john, thank you. thank you for your service in this interim period. [applause] mr. president, i also want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a weighty and awesome responsibility to serve the american people. first as the director of the cia and now as the secretary of state. this responsibility becomes more sobering when we consider the many threats to american
is the u.s. does not want regime change, that the u.s. would be willing to talk under the right circumstances. and that message was as much to the chinese who were also in manila at this group of asean regional countries, to deal with the north korean issue. they just got china to sign onto that very tough resolution and there was a lot of kind of big hugging of each other, of being able to work together. so, here he s trying to manage the chinese by giving them, even as you pass the sanction, a more softer message, and now this, he s sure to hear from the chinese. it s just daybreak in asia right now. sure to hear from the chinese about this, would have. what will it take to get actual diplomacy, diplomatic tal talks? a fuf of us just met deputy sullivan. he said secretary tillerson hasn t changed since he first went to asia when he came. he s not going to negotiate his way to the negotiating table.