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
You are happy with the job is as much fun as you thought it would be . Every day. [laughter] what are the most significant Foreign Policy issues or concerns to you . The Biggest Challenges we have in our country right now in the foreignpolicy area . I get asked this question rank ordering the challenges. Thats not the original question . [laughter] its an important question about priorities, resources, ideology and time and how you think about problems that for me the first half or task when i came in now 16, 17 months ago after having been the cia director was to make sure the state department was ready for crisis and spend time making sure my team was prepared for the day that every ceo tries to deal with. What happens when something really bad happens that was unexpected and is your team capable and have the resources to respond in the moment something that frankly not given enough thought about. In terms of priorities every morning the first thing i do is read about china. I take t
No, all is well. I am here. You became our 70th United States future estate 2018 and you are happy with the job is as much fun as you thought it would be . Every day. [laughter] what are the most significant Foreign Policy issues or concerns to you . The Biggest Challenges we have in our country right now in the foreignpolicy area . I get asked this question rank ordering the challenges. Thats not the original question . [laughter] its an important question about priorities, resources, ideology and time and how you think about problems that for me the first half or task when i came in now 16, 17 months ago after having been the cia director was to make sure the state department was ready for crisis and spend time making sure my team was prepared for the day that every ceo tries to deal with. What happens when something really bad happens that was unexpected and is your team capable and have the resources to respond in the moment something that frankly not given enough thought about. In
Did something happen this morning i did not know about . All is well. I am here. You became our 70th secretary of state in april 2018. You are happy with the job . Everyday. 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 . I asked this question about rank ordering the challenges. That is not an original question . It is an important question. It is about priorities and resources and how you allocate time and think about the problems for me, the first task when i came in after having been the cia director was to make sure the state department was ready in a moment of crisis. I spent a lot of time for making sure my team was prepared for the day when something really bad happens. Is your team capable . Thatu have the resources you can respond to in that moment . Every morning, the first thing i do is read about china. I take time and talk about the broad array of issues that present rea
A welcome to world news from r. T. International us a federal judge has told washington it must stop alleging that a russian firm accused of election meddling was funded by the kremlin or face a range of potential sanctions the court found that such unsubstantiated claims against the Internet Research agency which were not included in the 28. 00 indictment against it risk prejudicing a jury of reports. The mulu report the us investigation the media everyone accuses russia of carrying out a sweeping Systematic Campaign meddling campaign in the us election into in 2016 they did it via 2 methods the 1st one was. Intelligence Agency Hackers g. R. U. Had his who broke into the d. N. C. Systems they allege stole a bunch of embarrassing democrat emails and then released them causing again embarrassment for the democrats all again allegedly russia denies all of this the 2nd part of the operation is the scribe William Burns the special counsel report outlines 2 main efforts by the russian gover