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The thinking behind Pompeo's Middle East mission

16 September 2020

2:02 AM

16 September 2020

2:02 AM

Washington DC

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that if Joe Biden wins the November elections, an incoming Democratic administration would revive the Iran Deal ‘on day one’ and ‘return what would amount to hundreds of billions of dollars to a theocratic, corrupt regime’.

In an exclusive interview at the State Department, Pompeo also discussed the Trump administration’s progress in negotiations on withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan and Iraq, and described his anticipation of witnessing leaders from Israel, the UAE and Bahrain signing the Abraham Accords at the White House: ‘It’ll be really a joyous day when the Bahrainis and the Emiratis...

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Dominic Green is Life & Arts editor of The Spectator USA. His full interview with Mike Pompeo will be published in the October issue on the magazineThis article was first published on The Spectator USA website.


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