WATCH: Protester momentarily interrupts Mike Pompeo's confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State. Officer quickly escorts a woman out of the room after she began shouting https://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/5qsTXpTxQA
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"Will you stand up to Pres.Tump and say 'No, you're wrong in that view, Mr. President,' or will you be a yes man? Americans are scared that this president, commander in chaos, will lead them into war. This is not a time for taunts and tweets,"
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Who is Mike Pompeo? "I have a soft spot for my golden retrievers. I love meat balls...I can beat my son in corn hole every day. I love Revolutionary War history, country music, show tunes and college basketball," Pompeo says at confirmation hearing https://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/FoLeefh2jJ
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Sen. Bob Menendez: Did President Trump ever ask you to do anything relation to FBI investigation? Mike Pompeo: "I am with the president an awful lot and he has never asked me to do anything I would consider remotely improper." http://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/IHtfAgby9t
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Sen. Bob Menedez: Did the special counsel tell you not to speak about your interview with him? Mike Pompeo: "I have cooperated with multiple investigations and while the investigation continues, I think that's the appropriate way to approach it." http://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/oafLsPGwJH
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Sen. Ben Cardin: Should the U.S. withdraw unilaterally from the Iran nuclear agreement? Mike Pompeo: "I want to fix this deal. That is the objective. And I think that's in the best interest of the United States of America." http://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/9thC6GYBE1
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Sen. Ben Cardin: Are you in favor of regime change in North Korea? Mike Pompeo: "We have a responsibility to achieve a condition where Kim Jong Un is unable to threaten the United States with a nuclear weapon." http://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/eu7qZsBodO
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Sen. Ben Cardin Do you support withdrawing from the Paris climate agreements? Mike Pompeo: "I share the president's position, precisely, which is the Paris agreements put an undue burden on the United States of America." http://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/9jGdTB7RwP
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: Does President Trump have the authority to fire special counsel Robert Mueller? Mike Pompeo: "I'm in no position to make a comment on that legal question." http://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/2RgPy4sqF3
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Sen. Chris Coons: Do you believe special counsel Mueller's investigation is an attack on our country & all we stand for? Mike Pompeo: "As the director of the CIA, I have been involved in that investigation ... I want to avoid that today and apologize I can't speak more fully."pic.twitter.com/X1cPwCjiYN
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Sen. Coons: If President Trump fired special counsel Mueller or Rod Rosenstein, would you resign? Pompeo: "My instincts tell me that my obligation to continue to serve as America's senior diplomat will be more important at increased times of political domestic turmoil."pic.twitter.com/3Bshf5ZZXh
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Sen. Booker: Do you believe Muslim Americans who fail to speak up are complicit in terrorist attacks? Mike Pompeo: “Each and every human, not just Americans, each and every human being has an obligation to push back against this extremist use of violence, from whatever faith.”pic.twitter.com/TNhfxCSfGw
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Sen. Cory Booker: Do you believe that gay sex is a perversion, yes or no? Mike Pompeo: “My respect for every individual, regardless of the sexual orientation, the respect is the same.” http://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/WEmX1W45Bd
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Sen. Jeff Merkley: Does the president have the constitutional authority to conduct a first strike on North Korea without authorization from Congress? Mike Pompeo: "I am not going to comment on a hypothetical situation or complex legal matters." http://cbsn.ws/2EGwVSu pic.twitter.com/lObZgxA3at
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DID YOU KNOW Mike Pompeo is a zealous evangelical who described politics as a never-ending struggle until the rapture? https://www.salon.com/2017/01/13/meet-mike-pompeo-the-far-right-christian-zealot-with-islamophobe-ties-who-will-lead-trumps-cia/ … He is our deplorable 9 of Hearts.
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Is anybody going to ask him about the company he's involved with that does business with China, that he left off his disclosure forms?
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Why are we having this hearing for Pompeo. The Republicans vote the way, they're told to vote. Why don't they just take a vote and forget the hearing.
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THEIR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, THAT THEY ARE DOING SATAN'S WORK HAPPILY. THESE POLITIANS ARE LEADING THE WAY TO ARMAGEDDON . AFTER THAT OUR WORLD WILL BE A PARADISE AS IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE, AND NOT POLITICANS OR THEIR LIES. TRUST IN JEHOVAH NOT SCHUMER, PELOSI, OR TRUMP.
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