Susan Pompeo Draws Scrutiny in Inquiry Over Dry Cleaning and Dog Walking
“The wife of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is at the center of an investigation into whether a State Department employee was assigned to do household tasks.”
”WASHINGTON — Susan Pompeo, the wife of America’s top diplomat, said in an interview last year that she could handle the criticism that came with taking a high-profile role at the State Department.
If so, the last few days have surely tested her mettle.
Mrs. Pompeo is now under scrutiny after the firing of the State Department’s inspector general at her husband’s behest. It is an uninvited turn for a woman who has long appeared to relish the relationships and perks of being a politician’s wife, and who has been far more vibrant in the limelight than Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the other half of a “down-to-earth power couple,” as they have been called in their home state of Kansas.”
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 23, 2020 12:35 PM
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At the State Department, Mrs. Pompeo has traveled with her husband on diplomatic trips far more frequently than most spouses of past secretaries of state. She uses the travel, in part, to meet with families of diplomats posted overseas, often acting as an unofficial advocate for the safety and comfort of those who accompany government employees posted abroad, a mission common to the spouses of senior government officials. Mrs. Pompeo took on similar unofficial responsibilities at the C.I.A. when Mr. Pompeo was the director of the spy agency in 2017 and early 2018.
But at both agencies, her frequent travel gave way to questions about her conduct.
Diplomats have complained of having to tend to Mrs. Pompeo’s needs when she is overseas, including keeping her on schedule when she is eager to explore Europe’s ancient churches or bazaars in the Middle East.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 27, 2020 4:11 PM
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Looks like she's wearing the curtains.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 27, 2020 4:12 PM
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A whistle-blower tipped off Democrats in Congress that Mrs. Pompeo had her own security guards, and that agents with the Diplomatic Security Service had been tasked with running errands for the family like picking up takeout food and collecting the family dog from a groomer. (Mrs. Pompeo’s security code name — “Shocker,” according to CNN — is the name of the athletic teams at her alma mater, Wichita State University, where she was named homecoming queen before graduating in 1979.)
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 27, 2020 4:13 PM
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Does she demand to see the manager of the countries that she visits on our dime?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 27, 2020 4:13 PM
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I don’t get why this lady has to go to work everyday with her husband.
Isn’t that strange?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 27, 2020 4:21 PM
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I swear that Republican guys are all married to Lady Macbeths who want power more than anything so they can lord it over the peons and order people about. I knew someone whose life goal was country club membership. I went with her once and the way she spoke to people while smiling was truly unnerving. Their thirst for social power outweighs their conventional view that political power rests with men.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 27, 2020 6:11 PM
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Is this lady still slapping people around at work or has she been dismissed?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 4, 2020 6:46 AM
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Someone forgot to drain that swamp.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 4, 2020 6:48 AM
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Was the other Pompus thread deleted? The one about him feasting on huge buffets while the harpist played and he stuffed his big fat face?
Can anyone find it?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 4, 2020 6:51 AM
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Shameful. Has she been held accountable? Will she have to reimburse?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 4, 2020 5:38 PM
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Looks like a very serious case of vaginosis and trapped gas
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 4, 2020 6:30 PM
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She must have hired a stylist. Her dress matches his tie.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 4, 2020 6:37 PM
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