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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 
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Donald John Trump2 women win Georgia Dem rivalries, extension for Giuliani's candidates on the Trump-Cohen audio: "I've got it! Roseanne sat down with Hannity in a first TV interview since ABC canceled show MORE privately discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week in Helsinki, adding to the tension and uncertainty on Capitol Hill during
Pompeo's testimony before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee became more and more difficult when he was discussing with legislators what the two leaders had been talking about in the past. a meeting lasting about two hours with only translators. 19659006] Chairman of the Committee Bob Corker 
Robert (Bob) Phillips CorkerPompeo facing the GOP grilling on Russia, North Korea Hillicon Valley: Senators wo on the new bill on sanctions against Russia | Defense Bill Includes Cyber War Policy | Hatch tells Google that he's still alive | Dem wants technical cadres before Congress | Facebook takes foot in China Heitkamp: "Farmers do not want a check, they want a market" MORE (R-Tenn.) Said at the top of the audience that the Congress had " no idea "of the agreements reached in Helsinki" even if the president has already invited Putin to come to Washington to discuss the "implementation" of these undefined agreements. "
A major concern of Senators on both sides is whether Trump spoke of relaxing Robert Mueller 
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Pompeo insisted that the US policy on sanctions against Russia has not changed since Helsinki, but he refused to say whether Trump and Putin have thought about the possibility of relaxing sanctions. Last year, in response to the electoral interference of Russia
his altercation with Sen. Bob Menendez Robert (Bob) MenendezCNN cast anchor bursts of laughter on the so-called call comedian joke at Trump Comedian claims that he trapped Trump by usurping the identity of Democratic Senator Schumer: Obama "very willing" to help Senate Dems midway through MORE (NJ), the Democratic leader of the panel of foreign relations, was particularly tense
"Presidents have the choice who is in meetings or not," said Pompeo. "I am confident that you have had one-to-one private meetings in your life too. You chose this setting as the most effective way – "
Menendez immediately cut Pompeo."
"I just asked a simple question," Menendez said. "You can not eat my seven minutes." "Did he tell you what happened during those two hours?"
Pompeo said that he had had some many conversations with Trump about the president's private meeting with Putin and was present at a briefing given by the two leaders on their one-to-one talks.
But Pompeo acknowledged that he was not talking to the translator who was in the room during the private meeting, nor did he review the translator's notes
When Menendez asked him if Trump had discussed relaxed sanctions, Pompeo said: WE "
He refused to say whether the two leaders were planning to change it in the future.
"Presidents have the right to have private meetings," insisted Pompeo, sometimes speaking of Menendez.
Cory Booker 
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Cable news channels broadcast the live audience, giving the White House mobsters opportunity to grill Trump's foreign policy
Booker accused Trump of having invited Russia to interfere during the 2016 campaign by calling Russian pirates to find Hillary Clinton 
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Booker also criticized Trump for failing to fully implement the sanctions passed by Congress and for criticizing the legislation before signing it.
Murphy accused Trump of "composing foreign policy day-to-day," and he criticized the president for calling Russia's interference in the 2016 elections a "big hoax."
He also challenged Pompeo about Trump who raised doubts in an interview that the United States would defend Montenegro. 19659006] Members of the commission were also frustrated by Pompeo's refusal to reveal whether Trump and Putin had discussed the possibility of changing the structure of US forces in Syria, which Putin considers to be part of the sphere of influence. from his country. to have conversations with their Cabinet members that are not repeated in public, "said Pompeo
This response left Menendez smoking.
" You do not go to a Pompeo said that he could share Trump's warning to Putin for not interfering in future US elections because it's something the president himself has already revealed.
"The President revealed what he told Vladimir Putin about the interference of Russia in our elections and he said that he was confident that at the Following this conversation, Vladimir will understand that this will not be tolerated. Menendez replied: "I would have liked him to say it in public in Helsinki."
Trump caused an international outcry last week when he said at the joint press conference with Putin that he saw no reason for Russia to interfere in an American election. He then changed this statement, saying that he meant that he saw no reason why Russia "would not interfere" with the election.
Pompeo was no longer talking about Trump's private conversation when he was grilled by Sen. Jeff Flake 
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Flake noted that Russian officials have called the summit of great victory for Putin, and that it was difficult for "
Pompeo argued that it is essential that private conversations remain private so that they can be used to build further progress diplomatic.
"You can expect you to have another one. One day, the negotiators worry that the future talks will not remain private, they will have less freedom to explore the options.
Pompeo's reluctance to share the details of what Trump and Putin discussed privately could fuel Senate support for the Democrats' demand that the White House deliver contemporary notes of the meeting.
Corker said last week that he could support asking the translator's notes, though he's not excited about the idea. "I would prefer to address it after Pompeo's hearing on Wednesday and see how transparent it becomes," he said at the time, while admitting that asking for the notes "feels a little out of bounds. "
slam the door on this possibility on Wednesday.
"I attended a lot of meetings, I had a lot of notetakers and a lot of translators.I never relied on the work that they did to understand this. that happened at this meeting and it does not need to be done here and it will not be the case, "he said, while Menendez was trying to 19659006] Senators found that their sense of uncertainty about the meeting was exacerbated when the Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said last week that the two parties had concluded "important verbal agreements."
The business exchanges between Russia and the United States that had existed in the past, but had disappeared in recent years.
He said that there was also talk of "reinstating an anti-terrorist council that stood at the level of deputy secretary of"
L The leaders also agreed to see what can be done in Syria to resettle millions of displaced refugees who have fled to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and other countries in Pompeo. He said that they decided that this should be done "through the political process in Geneva."
Pompeo said Trump wants "to bring Russia to be more cooperative in order to achieve a political resolution that will lower levels of violence." 19659006] After almost three hours of testimony, Menendez said that one of the main points to remember is that "this administration is becoming less transparent."
"It's not clear on what's going on at these summits". "I hear that there is no effort to have readings when the president has conversations with foreign leaders."
Pompeo retaliated, accusing Menendez of making a "political soliloquy" and democrats of "political foolishness."
Explosion of Menendez, who criticized Pompeo for "degrading" senators in the committee
"Please do not talk politics," he shouted. "If President Obama did what President Trump did in Helsinki, I would remove you from the ceiling of the Capitol."
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