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John Brennan isn't fit to breathe the same air as Pompeo as far as I am concerned.
THIS is how you lead your nation and tell allies "we are there for your freedom, safety and principles and will NOT back down".
Under Pompeo at the CIA, the U.S became more influential while it's enemies were weakened. Under Brennan, America was being flattened by China AND Russia (as Crimea showed this weakness).
What type of CIA and global U.S influence we going to see in 2021?
www.bbc.com
The US is lifting long-standing restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.
The "self-imposed restrictions" were introduced decades ago to "appease" the mainland Chinese government, which lays claim to the island, the US state department said in a statement.
These rules are now "null and void".
The move is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Washington and Beijing.
It comes as the Trump administration enters its final days ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on 20 January.
The Biden transition team have said the president-elect is committed to maintaining the previous US policy towards Taiwan.
Analysts say they will be unhappy with such a policy decision being made in the final days of the Trump administration, but that the move could be reversed easily by Mr Pompeo's successor Antony Blinken.
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Following the announcement, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu thanked Mr Pompeo, saying he was "grateful".
"The closer partnership between Taiwan and the US is firmly based on our shared values, common interests and unshakeable belief in freedom and democracy," he wrote in a tweet.
THIS is how you lead your nation and tell allies "we are there for your freedom, safety and principles and will NOT back down".
Under Pompeo at the CIA, the U.S became more influential while it's enemies were weakened. Under Brennan, America was being flattened by China AND Russia (as Crimea showed this weakness).
What type of CIA and global U.S influence we going to see in 2021?
Pompeo: US to lift restrictions on contacts with Taiwan
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be "shackled".
www.bbc.com
The US is lifting long-standing restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.
The "self-imposed restrictions" were introduced decades ago to "appease" the mainland Chinese government, which lays claim to the island, the US state department said in a statement.
These rules are now "null and void".
The move is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Washington and Beijing.
It comes as the Trump administration enters its final days ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on 20 January.
The Biden transition team have said the president-elect is committed to maintaining the previous US policy towards Taiwan.
Analysts say they will be unhappy with such a policy decision being made in the final days of the Trump administration, but that the move could be reversed easily by Mr Pompeo's successor Antony Blinken.
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Following the announcement, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu thanked Mr Pompeo, saying he was "grateful".
"The closer partnership between Taiwan and the US is firmly based on our shared values, common interests and unshakeable belief in freedom and democracy," he wrote in a tweet.
