Mike Pompeo, Senior Counsel for Global Affairs

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the Senior Counsel for Global Affairs at the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).

Before joining the ACLJ, Pompeo led the U.S. State Department as Secretary of State. Prior to that, he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Pompeo also served four terms in Congress, representing Kansas’ 4th District. During his tenure, he served on the House Intelligence Committee, as well as the Energy and Commerce Committee and House Select Benghazi Committee.

After graduating first in his class at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Pompeo served as a U.S. Army tank platoon leader and then cavalry officer and squadron maintenance officer in West Germany prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

After retiring from active duty at the rank of Captain, Pompeo graduated from Harvard Law School, having been an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and the Harvard Law Review. He then worked as a lawyer in a D.C. firm.

Secretary Pompeo brings unique and unparalleled experience in foreign policy, diplomacy, and leadership to his role with the ACLJ.

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On the 20th Anniversary of September 11, 2001, Remember American Resilience

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Biden Creates Humanitarian Crisis and Potential Genocide in Afghanistan

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POMPEO: The Biden Administration's Withdrawal From Afghanistan Is a Disgrace

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The Biden Administration’s execution of our withdrawal from Afghanistan has been a stunning and tragic failure, leaving thousands of Americans stranded in the country. This Administration has allowed the Taliban to fully take over the country on their terms, not America’s. It has left millions of...

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Government Overreach Is Not the Answer to the COVID Pandemic

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We Can No Longer Ignore Rising Crime in America

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Crime, especially violent crime, is rising at an alarming rate throughout the United States. It has been for months. This is not the “normal” spike in crime which happens every summer, either. It is not due to the pandemic, or to climate change . America is becoming a more lawless place, especially...

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The United States Must Assert Principles of Deterrence in Response to Mounting Cyber Attacks

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In 2021 alone, there have been several large-scale cyber hacks and ransomware attacks by groups emanating from Russia and China. Evidence suggests that the Colonial Pipeline hack in May, the RNC contractor hack , the recent ransomware attacks , and others were all carried out by groups inside...

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The Biden Admin's Invitation to UN Investigators Is Disgraceful

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State Department leaders recently invited U.N. “experts,” the U.N. Special Rapporteur on “contemporary forms of racism” and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on “minority issues,” to conduct an official visit to the United States in order to investigate “the scourge of racism, racial discrimination, and...

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