Trump calls Tillerson "dumb as a rock" over remarks on Putin

"I don't think Putin would agree," the president said in a tweet about Tillerson's reported assessment. "Look how the U.S. is doing"

• May 23, 2019

Pompeo, Lavrov spar on Iran and Venezuela

Pompeo and Lavrov met in Sochi after a scrapped meeting in Moscow

• May 14, 2019

Pompeo skips Moscow trip to meet with European officials on Iran

Pompeo is still expected to meet Tuesday in Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin

• May 13, 2019

Pompeo makes unannounced trip to Iraq amid rising tensions with Iran

Reporters accompanying Pompeo were told they wouldn't be allow to report the stop until they had left the country

• May 7, 2019

U.S. sending forces to Mideast to warn Iran

U.S. deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force; sources say U.S. tracking preps for attack by Iran or allied fighters

• May 6, 2019

Pompeo: U.S. doesn't expect North Korea to "tell us the truth"

In a bold move on Friday, North Korea launched several short-range missiles which landed in the Sea of Japan, according to the South Korean government

• May 5, 2019

Transcript: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on "Face the Nation"

The following is a transcript of the interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that aired Sunday, May 5, 2019, on "Face the Nation"

• May 5, 2019

Transcript: Mike Pompeo on "Intelligence Matters"

Pompeo spoke with CBS News senior national security contributor Michael Morell on his podcast "Intelligence Matters," ahead of its first-year anniversary as a production of CBS News

• May 1, 2019

Trump says he is "monitoring" uprising led by Juan Guaidó in Venezuela

Trump also threatened Cuba with a "complete" embargo if Cuban military forces did not leave Venezuela

• Apr 30, 2019

Pompeo says nuclear talks with North Korea will be "bumpy"

Pompeo expressed optimism about a path to denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in an interview for the podcast "Intelligence Matters," ahead of its first-year anniversary as a production of CBS News

• Apr 24, 2019

Pompeo says Sri Lanka attacks likely "inspired by ISIS"

The secretary of state also addressed the insults lobbed at him by North Korea. Pompeo spoke with CBS News senior national security contributor Michael Morell on his podcast "Intelligence Matters," ahead of its first-year anniversary as a production of CBS News

• Apr 24, 2019

Pompeo cancels sanctions waivers for Iranian oil imports

It's the latest escalation of the administration's maximum pressure campaign on Tehran

• Apr 22, 2019

Pompeo dismisses North Korea's call for him to be replaced

The secretary of state spoke after a meeting with the acting defense secretary and their Japanese counterparts

• Apr 19, 2019

U.S. allowing lawsuits over properties seized by Castro's Cuba

The major policy has angered European and other allies

• Apr 17, 2019

Pompeo visits Venezuelan border

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited U.S. allies in South America over the weekend to keep pressure on embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. CBS News' Christina Ruffini asked him about the possibility of a military intervention.

• Apr 15, 2019

Venezuelan refugees demand U.S. action as Pompeo visits border

Top U.S. diplomat keeps pressure on Nicolas Maduro with regional allies, but focus remains on diplomacy, not military action

• Apr 15, 2019

GOP senator to Pompeo: You don't have "permission" to go to war with Iran

"Only congress can declare war. You do not have our permission to go to war with Iran," Paul warned the secretary

• Apr 11, 2019

Pompeo says Venezuela's Maduro is a "true threat" to the U.S.

The secretary state's comments came on the same day Vice President Pence called on the United Nations to revoke the credentials of Maduro's representatives

• Apr 10, 2019

U.S. designates IRGC as terrorist organization

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the U.S. has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military unit as a foreign terrorist organization. Watch his remarks.

• Apr 8, 2019

U.S. designates Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization

"Today, the IRGC's era of plausible deniability is over," one senior administration official said

• Apr 8, 2019

U.S. set to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group

Unprecedented move, controversial even within the Trump administration, would significantly increase pressure on Tehran and tensions in the region

• Apr 8, 2019

Mike Pompeo talks China, 3rd N. Korea summit

President Trump says the U.S. is "very close" to a highly anticipated trade deal with China. The two sides hope to resolve differences over certain tariffs and American claims of Chinese cyber theft. This comes as the FBI looks into why a Chinese woman entered Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. The Secret Service says she was carrying a device with computer malware. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the threat of China, the latest on North Korea denuclearization talks, and Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor.

• Apr 5, 2019

Pompeo "confident" there will be a third summit with North Korea

Asked if diplomatic channels had gone cold between the North and South, Pompeo replied: "Nope"

• Apr 5, 2019

Turkey criticizes State Dept over description of Pompeo meeting

Turkey and the U.S. disagree about what came up in their discussions at the State Department this week

• Apr 4, 2019

Pressure to sanction China over Muslims

Chinese officials are in Washington this week to negotiate President Trump's long-promised trade deal. But there is growing pressure on the Trump administration to sanction China for what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the worst human rights abuses since the 1930s. CBS News has obtained a letter sent by a bipartisan group of lawmakers Wednesday, faulting the administration and urging action to stop mass arrests of Muslims. Margaret Brennan reports.

• Apr 3, 2019

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