Two days before Mike Pompeo makes a long-awaited appearance on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats plan to release a report that is highly critical of his management of the State Department
Pompeo has resisted appearing before lawmakers for months, according to Hill staffers. That has meant he’s managed to avoid their questions about his role in firing his department’s inspector general in May.
earlier this summer that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch had essentially given up trying to get Pompeo to appear before his committee to discuss the budget – a routine appearance for a Cabinet secretary under normal circumstances. After that report, Democrats on the Senate committee sent a letterIn a statement Monday, Risch said he is “pleased that Secretary Pompeo will be joining us this week after months of delay due to impeachment, Covid-19, and other pressing issues.
In their report, Democrats blame the White House and Pompeo for frequently failing to nominate candidates for open positions, including The State Department spokesperson, in the statement shared on Monday, in particular attacked Sen. Bob Menendez, the committee’s ranking Democrat. According to the staffers’ analysis of the data covering 2016 through 2019, there are serious crises of confidence in some key sections of the State Department.
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