.MikePompeo on Shinzo Abe: 'He was the perfect partner for the United States'
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reflects on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated Friday.Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined the chorus of senior international figures mourning the loss ofIn an interview with Fox News Digital, Pompeo called Abe"the perfect partner for the United States."
Abe was assassinated while campaigning in the Nara prefecture for his center-right Liberal Democratic Party ahead of Sunday's election for the country's upper house of parliament. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, answers questions from a reporter during a TV interview in Tokyo Oct. 22, 2017.
"He was the perfect partner for the United States as we began to both work on our economies together and deliver the deterrence that we're going to need to keep the Chinese Communist Party at bay," Pompeo explained."I will miss him. the world, most importantly, will miss him."
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