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Re: Pompeo berated, cursed at NPR reporter over Ukraine questions, she says

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The State Department has revoked the press credentials of an NPR reporter who was to be part of the press pool accompanying Secretary Pompeo to Europe and Central Asia next week, apparently in retaliation over the dispute that Pompeo had with another NPR reporter last week:

NPR Reporter Removed From State Department Trip After Pompeo’s Ire, Press Group Says

The secretary of state unleashed an expletive-laden tirade against another NPR reporter last week after she asked him about Ukraine.

http://www.huffpost.com/entry/npr-michele-kelemen-banned-state-department-mike-pompeo_n_5e2f740dc5b6d34ea103f082

Also, NPR has released a copy of the email sent to the State Department covering the topics to be covered during the now disputed Pompeo interview, and it clearly shows, contrary to Pompeo's claims, that Ukraine was on the list of topics that was expected to be discussed.




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Pompeo berated, cursed at NPR reporter over Ukraine questions, she says
By: clo in FFFT3
Sat, 25 Jan 20 3:14 AM 		Msg. 55285 of 65535

Pompeo berated, cursed at NPR reporter over Ukraine questions, she says
"He was not happy to have been questioned about Ukraine, he asked, 'Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?' He used the F word in that sentence, and many others," said NPR correspondent Mary Louise Kelly.

Jan. 24, 2020, 6:46 PM EST
By Dartunorro Clark

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo berated and cursed at an NPR reporter following a contentious exchange over Ukraine, the reporter said Friday.

Correspondent Mary Louise Kelly said she was interviewing Pompeo when he cut it short after she repeatedly pressed him on why he hasn't defended former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Yovanovitch was removed as the ambassador by President Donald Trump last year and has been a central figure in his impeachment.

Pompeo told Kelly that he was there to talk about Iran and that he has defended "every State Department official." When she asked him when he has defended Yovanovitch specifically, he said, "I’ve said all I’m going to say" and ended the interview.

She said Pompeo then glared at her and left the room with his aides.

An aide soon returned to the interview room and took her to Pompeo's private living room where he screamed and cursed at her, she said.

"He was not happy to have been questioned about Ukraine. He asked, 'Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?' He used the F word in that sentence, and many others," she said.

"He asked if I could find Ukraine on a map I said, 'Yes,' he called out for his aides to bring him a map of the world with no writing, no countries marked. I pointed to Ukraine he put the map away, he said, people will hear about this, and then he turned and said he had things to do, and I thanked him again for his time and left." 

The State Department has not returned a request for comment.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee, which is chaired by Democrat Eliot Engel of New York and has oversight over State Department activities, criticized Pompeo in a tweet shortly after the interview on Friday.

more:
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/pompeo-berated-cursed-npr-reporter-over-ukraine-questions-she-says-n1122566?fbclid=IwAR2CYZAEXIBgMZYvTuIvBvTbx_8OOznMGZeFAwKs2CxYcgplP3cyBD_fWQM

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