Susan Pompeo had been invited to events in two capitals, Cairo and Abu Dhabi, by foreign officials. But circumstances had grown complicated: a U.S. government shutdown meant the State Department had to be exceptionally careful with spending, and her presence would incur some costs to taxpayers.
I can read her mind: "Let them eat cake."
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 31, 2020 2:53 PM |
She’s as bad as Arron Schlock
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 31, 2020 2:54 PM |
The discussions resulted in a memo, obtained this week by POLITICO, in which some senior State Department officials argued Susan Pompeo’s travel was in the “foreign policy interests of the United States” and “necessary to national security,” while diplomats who deal with Middle East policy disagreed. “To decline the invitation now could be seen as lack of courtesy, but there is no significant foreign policy interest here save the issue of courtesy,” argued the State Department’s Near Eastern Affairs bureau, which oversees the Middle East, in the six-page memo. The document was dated Jan. 7, 2019, the same day the trip began.
Despite the Middle East bureau’s stated reservations, the memo, labeled as “sensitive but unclassified,” recommends that Susan Pompeo’s travel be approved and partially paid for by government funds. It was not clear if then-Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, to whom the memo was addressed, formally signed off or not. Either way, Susan Pompeo went on the trip with her husband.
The memo sheds new light on the unusual, and controversial, role Susan Pompeo has played at the State Department since her husband took over as America’s chief diplomat in April 2018. Susan Pompeo has been an unusually active spouse, so much so that the State Department inspector general’s office is investigating whether she and her husband improperly used public resources.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 31, 2020 2:55 PM |
Shady.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 31, 2020 4:21 PM |
You invite someone, you should pay for her transportation and expenses.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 31, 2020 4:26 PM |
Did she make the career diplomats wash her dishes and make her a sandwich?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 31, 2020 4:36 PM |
[quote] I can read her mind: "Let them eat cake."
Cake, you say? Where?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 31, 2020 4:40 PM |
She is shameless.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 31, 2020 4:42 PM |
This is like something out of a their world country.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 31, 2020 6:04 PM |
Mr. and Mrs. Grift
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 31, 2020 6:38 PM |