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Mike Pompeo, in memoir, gives no quarter

By Jamie McIntyre

Published January 27, 2023 3:40am ET

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Mike Pompeo, in memoir, gives no quarter — A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara. | U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zayid Ballesteros

Mike Pompeo, who was CIA director and secretary of state in former President Donald Trump’s administration, portrays himself in his new memoir as a pugnacious and uncompromising fighter. Someone who, with God’s help, worked to ensure “America’s future security, prosperity, and liberty against the designs of evil actors.”

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