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.@mikepompeo "In our first meeting, I was bemoaning (with @DrSJaishankar)... that his predecessor (@SushmaSwaraj) had not been particularly helpful. He said that he could see why I had trouble with his predecessor, a goofball and a heartland political hack."
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@mikepompeo @DrSJaishankar @SushmaSwaraj .@mikepompeo "In May 2019, we welcomed “J” (@DrSJaishankar as India’s new foreign minister. I could not have asked for a better counterpart. I love this guy. Professional, rational, and a fierce defender of his boss and his country."
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.@mikepompeo "India is also a market with enormous demand for American intellectual property and products. These factors, plus its strategic location in South Asia, made India the fulcrum of my diplomacy to counteract Chinese aggression."
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@mikepompeo .@mikepompeo "As a nuclear power controlled by its military and Islamist-sympathizing intelligence services—not its elected government—Pakistan presents a significant strategic and a terroristic threat to India."
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@mikepompeo .@mikepompeo "Every action I took with respect to Pakistan—a trip or a phone call or a comment—was sure to result in a message saying that @PMOIndia or @DrSJaishankar wanted to speak. They were relentless and appropriately so.
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@mikepompeo @PMOIndia @DrSJaishankar .@mikepompeo "American neglect of India was a decades-long bipartisan failure. Its population rivals that of China. We are natural allies, as we share a history of democracy, a common language, and ties of people and technology."
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@mikepompeo @PMOIndia @DrSJaishankar .@mikepompeo "India has always charted its own course without a true alliance system, and that is still mostly the case. But China’s actions have caused India to change its strategic posture in the last few years."
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