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Pompeo Defends Dropping Reporter From Trip as 'Perfect Message' on Press
Freedom

Cindy Saine

   WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday faced more
   questions about his treatment of journalists after dropping a National
   Public Radio reporter from a weekend trip though Eastern Europe and
   Central Asia.

   During stops in Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, Pompeo called for
   loosening press restrictions amid criticism over his decision to remove
   NPR reporter Michele Kelemen from his traveling press pool after a
   recent dust-up with one of her colleagues.

   Pompeo abruptly ended a Jan. 24 interview at the State Department with
   NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly when she changed the topic from Iran to
   Ukraine and challenged his claim that he supported former U.S.
   Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch.

   Pompeo then allegedly unleashed an expletive-filled tirade about being
   questioned on Ukraine before challenging Kelly to find Ukraine on a
   map.
   

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