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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined a choir of international seniors in memory of the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated by a shooter on Thursday.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Pompeo called Prime Minister Abe “the perfect partner in the United States.”
Pompeo has known Prime Minister Abe since he was in Congress and told Fox News Digital, “It is painful and dangerous to assassinate a leader who is a world leader while he is making his claim to the Japanese people. He is on the campaign. He exercises his political rights, which we all have to be careful of in terms of political violence. “
Prime Minister Abe was assassinated during the LDP campaign on the right in the center of Nara Prefecture, prior to the election of the House of Councilors in Nara Prefecture.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated during a campaign speech, confirmed by hospital officials
Pompeo explained his relationship with the late Japanese leader.
“As for me, I’ve come to know him pretty well,” Pompeo said. “I first met him when he was a member of the House of Representatives when he talked at a joint session in 2015, and of course, to get to know him better when I was the Director of the CIA. became.”
Pompeo, as Secretary of State, said he found Prime Minister Abe frank. “He was always straight.’Mike, this is what we are working on, this is what we need, this is what we can do to help you,” Pompeo recalled.
Pompeo, who served as Secretary of State for three years, explained the importance of Prime Minister Abe to the United States in the fight against China.
“He was the perfect partner for the United States as we started working together on the economy and providing the deterrence needed to keep the Chinese Communist Party away,” Pompeo explained. “I will miss him. The world will, most importantly, miss him.”
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Prime Minister Abe strongly believes in the power of friendship between the United States and Japan, hosting his career, begging for it, and negotiating with American politicians.
Pompeo told Bill Hemel in the American newsroom on Friday that Prime Minister Abe “puts them first and the Japanese first,” he said, “a dear friend of the United States. A good relationship with us made things better for his own people. “
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Former Presidents Trump, Obama and George W. Bush all appreciate the interaction with Prime Minister Abe.
Abe, the first prime minister of his country born after World War II, The longest-serving prime minister in Japan.. He worked again from 2006 to 2007 and in 2012 and resigned in 2020 after the relapse of the chronic disease ulcerative colitis. He called his decision at the time “root pain.”
Ben Evansky of Fox News contributed to this report.