WEBVTT 00:00.380 --> 00:02.980 - [Announcer] Your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, 00:02.980 --> 00:05.773 the Secretary of State of the United States, 00:05.790 --> 00:10.790 Michael Pompeo, Mrs. Susan Pompeo, Mr. Nicholas Pompeo, 00:12.810 --> 00:13.643 accompanied by (audience applauds) 00:13.643 --> 00:16.800 the President of the United States Donald J. Trump, 00:16.800 --> 00:19.943 and the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence. 00:20.106 --> 00:24.023 (audience cheers and applauds) 00:57.410 --> 00:59.900 - Good morning your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, 00:59.900 --> 01:00.910 and distinguished guests. 01:00.910 --> 01:02.850 As Chief of Protocol it is my pleasure to welcome you 01:02.850 --> 01:04.490 to the Department of State for the swearing in of 01:04.490 --> 01:07.133 Michael Pompeo as the 70th Secretary of State. 01:07.680 --> 01:09.080 It is our honor to have the President and 01:09.080 --> 01:10.930 the Vice President of the United States here 01:10.930 --> 01:12.230 to officiate the ceremony. 01:12.380 --> 01:14.180 Without further delay I would like to introduce 01:14.180 --> 01:16.530 Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon for the invocation. 01:22.680 --> 01:27.373 - Lord God, creator of the universe and ruler of all, 01:28.010 --> 01:30.330 we ask your blessing and guidance today 01:30.330 --> 01:32.970 for our brother Michael as he begins to serve 01:32.970 --> 01:36.100 his beloved country in our relations with 01:36.100 --> 01:38.173 other lands and governments. 01:38.880 --> 01:42.100 Give him, we pray, an ear open to our needs 01:42.100 --> 01:43.483 and the needs of others. 01:44.170 --> 01:46.730 Sharpen the fine mind you have given him 01:46.730 --> 01:51.313 to discern truth from falsehood, appearances from reality. 01:51.990 --> 01:54.140 Give him compassion for the oppressed 01:54.290 --> 01:58.203 and wisdom to see the way ahead even when all looks dark. 01:58.520 --> 02:01.610 And give him the joy that comes to those 02:01.610 --> 02:04.513 who spend their lives in service of others. 02:05.260 --> 02:08.280 We ask these blessings Lord, with thankful hearts 02:08.340 --> 02:11.210 and in gratitude for the countless blessings 02:11.210 --> 02:13.503 you have already bestowed upon our land, 02:14.170 --> 02:16.250 and we ask your forgiveness for the times 02:16.250 --> 02:18.700 when we have fallen short of the great things 02:18.700 --> 02:20.803 for which you created us. 02:21.180 --> 02:23.630 Please hold our brother Michael close to you Lord 02:23.630 --> 02:26.550 as he embarks on this new service to his country, 02:26.550 --> 02:30.250 and give him a share in your own unbounded 02:30.250 --> 02:32.593 compassion and goodness, amen. 02:33.349 --> 02:34.599 - [Crowd] Amen. 02:39.350 --> 02:40.980 - Ladies and gentlemen, in his first visit to the 02:40.980 --> 02:42.720 State Department, it is my honor to introduce 02:42.720 --> 02:44.470 the President of the United States. 02:44.654 --> 02:48.321 (crowd applauds and cheers) 03:08.370 --> 03:10.990 - I must say that's more spirit than I've heard 03:10.990 --> 03:13.290 from the State Department in a long time (crowd laughs), 03:13.290 --> 03:17.120 many years, we can say many years, maybe many decades. 03:17.120 --> 03:21.193 It's going to be a fantastic start, a fantastic day, 03:21.790 --> 03:24.200 and that spirit will only be magnified 03:24.950 --> 03:27.650 only with this man right here, I know that for a fact. 03:28.290 --> 03:29.770 So thank you all for being here. 03:29.770 --> 03:33.500 It's great to be with you extraordinary men and women 03:33.500 --> 03:34.723 of the State Department. 03:35.310 --> 03:38.690 We are profoundly grateful for everything you do 03:38.760 --> 03:42.030 for our country, and you'll be doing things 03:42.030 --> 03:43.983 that you don't even know about. 03:44.279 --> 03:45.112 (crowd laughs) 03:45.112 --> 03:47.520 Right now they're not even a glimmer in your eye 03:47.671 --> 03:49.144 (crowd laughs) 03:49.144 --> 03:50.880 and we have a couple going, Mike, right now 03:50.880 --> 03:52.790 that a lot of people don't know about 03:52.940 --> 03:55.663 that are very, very encouraging. 03:56.020 --> 03:58.660 I also want to thank Vice President Pence 03:58.970 --> 04:00.760 and the many members of my cabinet 04:00.760 --> 04:02.693 for joining us this morning. 04:03.370 --> 04:05.940 We're here to celebrate the swearing in of America's 04:05.940 --> 04:10.307 new Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Mike. 04:11.605 --> 04:14.355 (crowd applauds) 04:25.240 --> 04:28.670 This day is a testament to your exceptional skill, Mike, 04:28.670 --> 04:32.530 a skill and service that's been honed over a lifetime 04:32.530 --> 04:33.823 no matter where you went. 04:34.540 --> 04:38.203 We're joined by Mike's wife Susan and his son Nick, 04:38.350 --> 04:40.260 and I want to thank you both for sharing 04:40.260 --> 04:42.300 this wonderful moment with us all, 04:42.300 --> 04:43.756 thank you very much, thank you. 04:43.756 --> 04:46.506 (crowd applauds) 04:50.410 --> 04:53.213 Mike is a true American patriot. 04:53.720 --> 04:56.880 He has devoted many years of his life to defending America 04:56.880 --> 04:59.563 beginning when he entered West Point, 04:59.990 --> 05:04.100 and as you all heard he entered at 18 and 05:04.100 --> 05:06.370 he ended up graduating first in his class. 05:06.370 --> 05:08.750 You know I heard that rumor a long time ago, 05:08.750 --> 05:10.333 I thought it was a rumor, I don't know, 05:10.333 --> 05:12.307 (crowd laughs) you know, I hear first and think. 05:12.690 --> 05:15.620 And I've heard it so many times, I've also heard 05:15.620 --> 05:18.267 I was first in my class at the Wharton School of Finance. 05:18.267 --> 05:20.000 (crowd laughs) 05:20.000 --> 05:22.290 And sometimes when you hear it you don't say anything, 05:22.290 --> 05:24.702 you just let it go, but I heard it with him. 05:24.702 --> 05:25.550 (crowd laughs) 05:25.550 --> 05:27.340 And being first in your class at West Point, 05:27.340 --> 05:29.143 because I know, that's a big deal. 05:29.710 --> 05:31.060 So I said, "Is that true?" Yeah. 05:31.060 --> 05:32.370 I asked a few other people is that true? 05:32.370 --> 05:33.960 Yeah, so I started bringing it up. 05:33.960 --> 05:37.270 I brought it up about four weeks ago, right David? 05:37.270 --> 05:40.140 And after that, everybody brings it up 05:40.140 --> 05:41.354 so I don't have to say it any more. 05:41.354 --> 05:42.187 (crowd laughs) 05:42.187 --> 05:44.443 He was actually first in his class at West Point. 05:44.980 --> 05:47.590 And soon he was deployed to Germany 05:48.020 --> 05:50.980 where he served as a cavalry officer prior to 05:51.220 --> 05:53.423 the fall of the Berlin Wall. 05:53.810 --> 05:56.610 After leaving active duty service, Mike graduated 05:56.610 --> 05:59.613 from Harvard Law School with high honors, great student. 06:00.090 --> 06:03.440 Mike was elected to Congress in 2010 by the people of 06:03.440 --> 06:07.933 the fourth district of a great state, Kansas. 06:07.974 --> 06:09.191 - Yeah. - Right? 06:09.191 --> 06:12.250 (crowd applauds and cheers) 06:12.250 --> 06:13.083 It is. 06:14.110 --> 06:16.310 In the House he distinguished himself as 06:16.310 --> 06:18.513 a member of the Intelligence Committee. 06:19.040 --> 06:23.340 For the last 15 months, Mike served our nation 06:23.340 --> 06:25.340 and served our nation as the director of 06:25.340 --> 06:28.520 the Central Intelligence Agency where I can tell you 06:28.520 --> 06:31.943 they have such respect for him, it's unbelievable. 06:32.170 --> 06:33.870 They may be the only people 06:33.870 --> 06:36.132 that are not very happy right now, but they'll be happy. 06:36.132 --> 06:37.090 (crowd laughs) 06:37.090 --> 06:39.590 They'll be happy with our Gina, who is here today. 06:40.250 --> 06:43.630 And his exceptional leadership of the CIA earned 06:43.630 --> 06:46.193 the admiration of is colleagues in the cabinet, 06:46.240 --> 06:48.410 the Congress, the intelligence community, 06:48.410 --> 06:51.863 as well as our foreign allies and partners. 06:52.210 --> 06:56.310 Mike has also earned my deepest respect and admiration 06:56.310 --> 06:59.623 and trust, and you'll see why over the coming years, 07:00.080 --> 07:02.463 probably over the coming months. 07:02.660 --> 07:04.570 I have absolute confidence that he will do 07:04.570 --> 07:09.193 an incredible job as the nation's 70th Secretary of State. 07:09.680 --> 07:12.220 As Mike travels the world he will carry out the 07:12.350 --> 07:15.773 greatest mission and highest duty of the State Department, 07:15.950 --> 07:19.113 to represent the interests of the American people. 07:20.000 --> 07:23.490 This mission includes overseeing more than 13,000 07:23.490 --> 07:26.120 foreign service officers who act as 07:26.120 --> 07:28.143 our representatives to the world, 07:29.110 --> 07:34.110 12,000 consular officers, and administrator of 07:34.990 --> 07:38.933 just an incredible immigration system, 07:39.490 --> 07:41.730 a system that we're gonna be changing and fixing 07:41.730 --> 07:45.513 and making better, a system that's under siege right now, 07:46.600 --> 07:50.020 but a system that will in fact hopefully be 07:50.020 --> 07:52.633 the talk of the world by the time we finish. 07:53.290 --> 07:58.290 We have 3,500 security personnel and thousands more 07:58.450 --> 08:01.673 diplomats, embassy staff, civil servants, 08:01.870 --> 08:04.740 and administrative personnel, all of whom collectively 08:04.740 --> 08:07.820 play a vital role in advancing the safety, liberty, 08:07.820 --> 08:11.860 prosperity, and all good things of the United States, 08:11.860 --> 08:13.803 very important people, great people. 08:14.250 --> 08:18.460 As President Eisenhower said in 1953, make no mistake, 08:18.460 --> 08:21.880 the reason we have representatives around the world 08:21.880 --> 08:25.563 is to protect American interests. 08:26.240 --> 08:29.530 For nearly 230 years the men and women of the 08:29.530 --> 08:33.030 United States State Department have skillfully 08:33.030 --> 08:35.983 and proudly answered this call, 08:36.680 --> 08:39.150 and now at this moment in time I can think of 08:39.150 --> 08:42.840 no better person to lead these dedicated public servants 08:43.270 --> 08:47.903 than our new Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. 08:49.130 --> 08:53.183 Secretary Pompeo, congratulations again. 08:53.600 --> 08:56.850 I have no doubt that you will make America proud 08:57.350 --> 09:00.693 as our nation's chief diplomat. 09:00.980 --> 09:04.083 You're an exceptional guy, a great friend, 09:04.640 --> 09:07.023 and somebody that truly loves our country. 09:07.690 --> 09:10.403 We are really, really proud of you. 09:10.430 --> 09:12.970 I speak on behalf of everybody in this room 09:12.970 --> 09:16.343 and also on behalf of your family. 09:16.650 --> 09:19.012 Thank you very much Mike, and congratulations. 09:19.012 --> 09:21.762 (crowd applauds) 09:45.267 --> 09:48.840 And now I'd like to ask Vice President Pence 09:48.840 --> 09:52.463 to administer the oath of office, thank you. 10:05.870 --> 10:08.070 - Raise your right hand and repeat after me. 10:08.100 --> 10:10.040 I, Michael Pompeo, do solemnly swear. 10:10.040 --> 10:12.863 - I, Michael Pompeo, do solemnly swear. 10:13.090 --> 10:15.278 - That I will support and defend the Constitution of 10:15.278 --> 10:16.358 the United States. 10:16.358 --> 10:18.350 - That I will support and defend the Constitution of 10:18.350 --> 10:19.250 the United States. 10:19.250 --> 10:21.283 - Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. 10:21.283 --> 10:23.850 - Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. 10:23.850 --> 10:26.490 - That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. 10:26.490 --> 10:29.130 - That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. 10:29.130 --> 10:31.030 - That I take this obligation freely. 10:31.030 --> 10:32.923 - That I take this obligation freely. 10:32.970 --> 10:34.643 - Without any mental reservation. 10:35.020 --> 10:36.813 - Without any mental reservation. 10:36.820 --> 10:38.063 - Or purpose of evasion. 10:38.240 --> 10:39.513 - Or purpose of evasion. 10:39.796 --> 10:42.953 - And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties. 10:43.330 --> 10:46.070 - That I will well and faithfully discharge the duties. 10:46.070 --> 10:48.490 - Of the office upon which I am about to enter. 10:48.490 --> 10:50.793 - Of the office upon which I am about to enter. 10:50.793 --> 10:51.808 - So help me God. 10:51.808 --> 10:53.225 - So help me God. 10:53.788 --> 10:58.788 - Congratulations. (crowd applauds and cheers) 11:26.571 --> 11:28.283 - This is truly humbling. 11:29.250 --> 11:32.183 Thank you very much Mr. President for those kind words. 11:32.610 --> 11:34.600 Thank you Mr. Vice President for being here today 11:34.600 --> 11:36.920 to honor me by swearing me in. 11:36.920 --> 11:38.383 Thank you Ambassador Lawler. 11:39.060 --> 11:41.240 Ambassador Glendon, thank you so much for that invocation. 11:41.240 --> 11:43.713 I used to work for her for $7.50 an hour. 11:43.713 --> 11:46.296 (crowd laughs) 11:47.360 --> 11:49.010 It is a great honor to have so many 11:49.010 --> 11:51.710 distinguished guests here, including many of my fellow 11:51.930 --> 11:54.240 cabinet secretaries and former colleagues in Congress, 11:54.240 --> 11:55.590 thank you for coming today. 11:56.090 --> 11:58.900 I was also glad to see USAID Administrator Mark Green, 11:58.900 --> 12:00.650 I look forward to working with you. 12:01.560 --> 12:05.040 I want to first thank God for this opportunity 12:05.540 --> 12:08.903 and for the many blessings he has granted to me in my life. 12:09.860 --> 12:11.780 My wife Susan and my son Nick are two of 12:11.780 --> 12:12.993 the greatest of these. 12:13.480 --> 12:16.383 They are my number one fans most days. 12:16.783 --> 12:17.616 (crowd laughs) 12:17.616 --> 12:20.380 And they have shown unyielding support to me 12:20.380 --> 12:22.130 throughout my confirmation process and 12:22.130 --> 12:25.190 at every other stage in my public service career. 12:25.190 --> 12:26.963 I love you both very, very much. 12:27.035 --> 12:29.785 (crowd applauds) 12:35.952 --> 12:38.880 I want to thank John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary Sullivan, 12:38.880 --> 12:40.030 where's John? - There. 12:40.407 --> 12:43.420 - Yeah, John thank you, thank you for your service 12:43.420 --> 12:44.562 in this interim period. 12:44.562 --> 12:48.229 (crowd applauds and cheers) 12:54.090 --> 12:56.744 Mr. President I also want to say thank you to you. 12:56.950 --> 12:59.920 You have entrusted me with a weighty and awesome 12:59.920 --> 13:02.253 responsibility to serve the American people, 13:02.370 --> 13:04.780 first as the Director of the CIA and now 13:04.780 --> 13:06.353 as Secretary of State. 13:07.080 --> 13:08.790 This responsibility becomes more sobering 13:08.790 --> 13:10.530 when we consider the many threats to American 13:10.530 --> 13:12.530 security and prosperity and our liberty. 13:13.070 --> 13:15.790 Mr. President, I promise you my team and I will be 13:15.790 --> 13:18.453 unrelenting in confronting those threats. 13:19.220 --> 13:21.880 We will employ tough diplomacy when necessary 13:21.880 --> 13:24.380 to put the interests of the American people first. 13:24.540 --> 13:26.240 I will work to ensure their safety, 13:26.240 --> 13:29.123 to preserve their rights and defend their values, 13:29.400 --> 13:31.110 and I will make sure America is always 13:31.110 --> 13:34.025 a respected and principled leader on the world stage. 13:34.025 --> 13:36.775 (crowd applauds) 13:43.210 --> 13:45.620 We are but 15 months into this administration 13:45.620 --> 13:47.920 and we've already made outstanding progress 13:48.120 --> 13:50.733 by speaking the truth about the challenges we face, 13:50.800 --> 13:52.453 by confronting them head-on, 13:53.790 --> 13:56.400 by partnering with strong sovereign independent nations 13:56.400 --> 13:59.313 to make America and the world more prosperous and secure. 14:00.550 --> 14:04.023 We've put a hurt on the ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria. 14:04.790 --> 14:08.413 We've done so by great diplomatic work. 14:09.490 --> 14:11.890 We're confronting all types of Iranian hostility 14:12.170 --> 14:15.693 and are deciding on the next steps for the flawed JCPOA. 14:16.640 --> 14:19.250 We've imposed real consequences on Russia 14:19.250 --> 14:20.613 for its acts of aggression, 14:21.440 --> 14:23.660 and we will soon move our embassy in Israel 14:23.760 --> 14:25.862 to Jerusalem years ahead of schedule. 14:25.862 --> 14:28.612 (crowd applauds) 14:34.340 --> 14:37.320 We are bringing fairness and reciprocity to our 14:37.320 --> 14:38.920 economic relationship with China, 14:38.920 --> 14:42.003 and protecting our intellectual property from them as well. 14:42.552 --> 14:45.302 (crowd applauds) 14:48.490 --> 14:49.950 And we saw in your meetings last week with 14:49.950 --> 14:51.620 President Macron and Chancellor Merkel, 14:51.620 --> 14:52.970 we continue to uphold the strength 14:52.970 --> 14:54.763 in our time-honored alliances. 14:55.380 --> 14:56.730 But there's one more thing. 14:56.940 --> 14:58.950 Right now we have an unprecedented opportunity 14:58.950 --> 15:01.750 to change the course of history on the Korean Peninsula. 15:02.500 --> 15:04.200 I underscore the word opportunity. 15:04.210 --> 15:06.623 We're in the beginning stages of the work, 15:06.920 --> 15:09.203 and the outcome is certainly yet unknown, 15:09.580 --> 15:11.223 but one thing is certain. 15:12.020 --> 15:13.590 This administration will not repeat 15:13.590 --> 15:16.273 the mistakes of the past, our eyes are wide open, 15:16.500 --> 15:18.610 it's time to solve this once and for all, 15:18.610 --> 15:20.050 a bad deal is not an option, 15:20.050 --> 15:22.913 the American people are counting on us to get this right. 15:23.960 --> 15:25.970 We're committed to the permanent, verifiable, 15:25.970 --> 15:28.750 irreversible dismantling of North Korea's 15:28.960 --> 15:30.770 weapons of mass destruction program 15:30.970 --> 15:32.653 and to do so without delay. 15:34.580 --> 15:35.693 To my colleagues here, 15:36.490 --> 15:38.590 when I say we're gonna do this, I mean we. 15:38.820 --> 15:41.060 This is a team effort at the State Department 15:41.060 --> 15:43.353 and the whole of the United States government. 15:43.500 --> 15:45.150 Mr. President, when you offered me the job 15:45.150 --> 15:47.350 to be the Director of the CIA, I was honored 15:47.420 --> 15:50.143 to lead the world's finest intelligence corps, 15:50.370 --> 15:53.100 and I am incredibly honored and humbled by the opportunity 15:53.100 --> 15:55.883 to lead the world's finest diplomatic corps now. 15:56.040 --> 15:58.790 (crowd applauds) 16:06.340 --> 16:09.250 Mr. President, you read a great quote from 16:09.660 --> 16:11.632 the greatest president ever from Kansas. 16:11.632 --> 16:14.215 (crowd laughs) 16:14.240 --> 16:15.740 It was a historic quote but frankly 16:15.740 --> 16:17.690 things haven't changed much since then. 16:18.150 --> 16:19.700 I've been an Army officer, a Congressman, 16:19.700 --> 16:22.143 the Director of the CIA, and now here at State. 16:24.170 --> 16:25.483 We have much to do. 16:26.370 --> 16:28.410 But in every position I've had, I've witnessed 16:28.410 --> 16:31.450 the skills, expertise, and patriotism of 16:31.450 --> 16:33.150 our foreign affairs professionals. 16:33.390 --> 16:35.710 Whether civil servants or foreign service officers, 16:35.710 --> 16:38.573 political appointees or locally-employed staff, 16:38.730 --> 16:40.600 you all lay it on the line to make sure 16:40.600 --> 16:42.800 that America's safe and prosperous and free. 16:43.040 --> 16:43.990 Thank you for that. 16:44.298 --> 16:47.048 (crowd applauds) 16:53.610 --> 16:55.910 As I have said, and I'll elaborate more, 16:55.910 --> 16:58.237 I want the State Department to get its swagger back. 16:58.237 --> 16:59.342 (crowd laughs) 16:59.600 --> 17:01.660 We need our men and women out at the front lines 17:01.660 --> 17:04.793 executing American diplomacy with great vigor and energy, 17:05.020 --> 17:06.680 and to represent the finest nation 17:06.680 --> 17:08.333 in the history of civilization. 17:08.380 --> 17:11.080 We should be proud of that, and I'm counting on you all 17:11.080 --> 17:14.253 to help communicate in every corner of the world. 17:15.480 --> 17:17.860 Mr. President, I have full confidence that my team 17:17.860 --> 17:19.510 here in Washington and around the world, 17:19.510 --> 17:21.800 under your leadership can and will execute 17:21.900 --> 17:24.673 that mission for the benefit of the American people, 17:25.130 --> 17:27.930 and I'm eager to work with you all to get that job done. 17:29.940 --> 17:31.863 You all know this is essential work, 17:31.890 --> 17:34.053 that's why you're here, it's why I'm here. 17:34.190 --> 17:36.090 I look forward to doing this together. 17:36.840 --> 17:38.530 Thank you all so much for the warm welcome 17:38.530 --> 17:40.513 I have received in these first days. 17:40.750 --> 17:42.823 I can't wait to get after this with you. 17:43.260 --> 17:45.210 Thank you again Mr. President, for your trust 17:45.210 --> 17:48.000 and your leadership and your faith in me, thank you. 17:48.231 --> 17:51.064 (crowd applauds)