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Pompeo: There's no precedent for what Kerry did
Arutz Sheva ^
| 15/9/18
| Elad Benari
Posted on 09/15/2018 10:03:39 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday blasted former Secretary of State John Kerrys meetings with Iranian officials since leaving office.
"What Secretary Kerry has done is unseemly and unprecedented," Pompeo told reporters at the State Department, according to CNN.
"This is a former secretary of state engaged with the world's largest state sponsor of terror and according to him, he was talking to them, he was telling them to wait out this administration," Pompeo added.
"You can't find precedent for this in US history and the secretary ought not engage in this kind of behavior," Pompeo continued. "It's beyond inappropriate."
Asked if he thought Kerry's meeting had been illegal, Pompeo said he would leave the "legal determinations to others."
Kerry admitted this week that he met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif three or four times since leaving office but denied he was trying to coach him through the Trump administrations rejection of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
In an interview earlier this week, Kerry justified his meetings with Iranian officials, claiming, Every secretary of state, former secretary of state continues to meet with foreign leaders, goes to security conferences, goes around the world. We all do that. And we have conversations with people about the state of affairs in the world in order to understand them. We don't negotiate. We are not involved in interfering with policy. But we certainly have reasonable discussions about nuclear weapons, the world, China, different policies obviously.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
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To: proust
I keep looking for the Bloom County comic strip where Steve Dallas plea bargains Bill The Cat into the electric chair. Needle in a haystack.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:23:02 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: Eleutheria5
who exactly was this POS representing/fronting for???
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:25:36 AM PDT
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
To: Eleutheria5
I’d LMAO if they went ahead and prosecuted Kerry...and nobody came to his defense. Do people really like Kerry?
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:26:03 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
To: Chode
The real government; they call it the deep state or the swamp.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:26:48 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: Eleutheria5
Asked if he thought Kerry's meeting had been illegal, Pompeo said he would leave the "legal determinations to others."
Logan act still applies even if you served in VEEEETNAM!
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:27:25 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
To: Eleutheria5
Long overdue:
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:27:50 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Eleutheria5
John Kerry is negotiating on behalf of the deep state.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:28:11 AM PDT
by
Salman
(Democrats. The other "religion of peace".)
To: Don Corleone
Wish they would refuse him entry to the U.S.
Go dance with the mullahs, you S.O.B.
To: Eleutheria5
Shades of meeting North Vietnamese in Paris in 1970.
Once a traitor always a traitor.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:30:33 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
To: Eleutheria5
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:30:38 AM PDT
by
bert
((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Muller..... conspiracy to over throw the government)
To: budj
He looks like such a wuss in that picture.
And things haven’t changed much over the years either.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:30:39 AM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: Eleutheria5
Asked if he thought Kerry's meeting had been illegal, Pompeo said he would leave the "legal determinations to others."Please, not this guy:
Is there anyone else?
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:31:57 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Eleutheria5
It doth appear that former Secretaries of State who failed to become president set their own precedents
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:32:43 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Patriots' Day - Every Day BUMP)
To: Eleutheria5
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:33:42 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: Eleutheria5
Kerry himself set the precedent during the Vietnam War, by entering the North Vietnamese embassy in Paris.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:34:27 AM PDT
by
Thud
To: Republican Wildcat
Violating the Logan Act is grounds for revocation of Kerry’s passport.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:35:17 AM PDT
by
Thud
To: caww
Even Ronald The Great had trouble with the swamp.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:35:17 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: Eleutheria5
They better not call him a maverick!
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:38:34 AM PDT
by
Leep
To: Leep
Forgot all about Dear John. Gosh. Was that a deliberate snub, or the fact that he no longer matters, so I forgot.
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:42:06 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: caww
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posted on
09/15/2018 10:42:30 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
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