

Our Special Guest The Honorable Mike Pompeo
Michael R. Pompeo was sworn in as Secretary of State on April 26, 2018. He previously served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from January 2017 to April 2018. Mr. Pompeo was serving in his fourth term as congressman from Kansas’ 4th District prior to being appointed CIA Director. He served on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as the Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
Prior to his service in Congress, Mr. Pompeo founded Thayer Aerospace, where he served as CEO for more than a decade. He later became President of Sentry International, an oilfield equipment manufacturing, distribution, and service company. Mr. Pompeo graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and served as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He served with the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the US Army’s Fourth Infantry Division. After leaving active duty, Mr. Pompeo graduated from Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Michael R. Pompeo was sworn in as Secretary of State on April 26, 2018. He previously served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from January 2017 to April 2018. Mr. Pompeo was serving in his fourth term as congressman from Kansas’ 4th District prior to being appointed CIA Director. He served on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as the Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
Prior to his service in Congress, Mr. Pompeo founded Thayer Aerospace, where he served as CEO for more than a decade. He later became President of Sentry International, an oilfield equipment manufacturing, distribution, and service company. Mr. Pompeo graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and served as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He served with the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the US Army’s Fourth Infantry Division. After leaving active duty, Mr. Pompeo graduated from Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
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