Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured at the White House in December, was among the 28 Trump administration officials sanctioned by China. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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Televisions show a news broadcast of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 11. The Trump administration removed decades-old restrictions on interactions with Taiwanese officials just days before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
As Pompeo Dumps Rulebook For U.S.-Taiwan Relations, Some See 'Trap' For Biden
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discusses the counting of votes in the U.S. election last month at the State Department. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (from left), Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attend a meeting Tuesday in Tokyo. Charly Triballeau/Pool via AP hide caption
Women hold flowers Thursday in support of demonstrators who were injured or detained during protests critical of election results in Belarus. Natalia Fedosenko/Tass via Getty Images hide caption
Open Skies would be the third major international military pact Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from. This photo from 2007 shows Czech soldiers inspecting cameras on a U.S. Boeing plane at a military airbase in Pardubice, Czech Republic, as part of the agreement. Alexandra Mlejnkova/AP hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on April 29. Pompeo criticized the World Health Organization on Monday for not inviting Taiwan to its assembly. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) stands with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Pompeo says the U.S. will cut $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan. Afghan Presidential Palace via AP hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was not receptive to being asked about his support of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Pompeo Won't Say Whether He Owes Yovanovitch An Apology. 'I've Done What's Right'
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. strike against a top Iranian military commander "fit perfectly within our strategy in how to counter the threat of malign activity from Iran." dpa Picture-Alliance via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks during a joint news conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Saturday in Athens. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP hide caption
For several days this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dodged questions about the whistleblower's complaint before finally admitting he had actually been on the call at the center of the complaint. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a news conference in Rome on Wednesday. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Confirms He Was On Trump's Call With Zelenskiy
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking at the National Convention of The American Legion in Indianapolis last month. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption
Pedestrians walk past a screen in Tokyo reporting about North Korea's test firing of a rocket system off the coast of North Korea on Wednesday. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump did not offer specifics on those sanctions but suggested sanctions could be lifted in the future. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo closes his remarks at the State Department Thursday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured in March, said he plans to tell his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, that Moscow must stop meddling in the Venezuelan crisis. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. diplomats began the exodus from the Caracas, Venezuela, embassy earlier this week. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed the last remaining American diplomats have left the country. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption
The State Department says it has shut down the Consulate General Jerusalem, a key conduit to Palestinian leaders. The consulate, seen here on Monday, will merge its duties into the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem to form a single diplomatic mission. Ammar Awad/Reuters hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press in the newly inaugurated Cathedral of the Nativity Christ, east of Cairo, on Thursday. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AP hide caption
An Iraqi protester stands flashing the victory gesture outside the burning headquarters of the Iranian Consulate in Basra on Sept. 7. Haidar Mohammed Ali/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addresses a news conference last month at the presidential palace in the capital, Kabul, where the government was hosting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption