{"id":828959,"date":"2021-09-29T19:29:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T23:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=828959"},"modified":"2021-09-29T19:29:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T23:29:12","slug":"pompeo-disputes-what-general-milley-testified-to-lawmakers-its-certain-that-he-did-not-tell-us-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-disputes-what-general-milley-testified-to-lawmakers-its-certain-that-he-did-not-tell-us-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo Disputes What General Milley Testified To Lawmakers: \u2018It\u2019s Certain That He Did Not Tell\u2019 Us That"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpompeo-disputes-what-general-milley-testified-to-lawmakers-its-certain-that-he-did-not-tell-us-that%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=828959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MPompeo-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, Mike Pompeo, who served as both CIA Director and Secretary of State during the Trump administration, disputed Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley\u2019s testimony in front of lawmakers this week, saying that Milley\u2019s claims were not accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo made the remarks during an interview on SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cThe Megyn Kelly Show\u201d with host Megyn Kelly in response to Milley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/574250-milley-defends-remarks-says-he-knew-trump-didnt-intend-to-attack-china\">claim<\/a> that he briefed Pompeo, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and then-acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller about his call with China.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo had the following exchange with Kelly:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"49\">\n<p><em>POMPEO: You know, I think the disconnect here, Megyn, is the subject. What was actually said. I haven\u2019t seen General Milley knock down what Woodward and Costa wrote. Having said that, I know Woodward and Costa well enough to know that you should take everything they write with an enormous grain of salt \u2026 The fact that General Milley chose to speak with them at such great length, I find deeply troubling. But in any event, someone needs to explain what\u2019s the disconnect. I heard what General Milley said, he actually talked about on the call with his Chinese counterparts. And I\u2019ve read what has been reportedly going to be in this book. Those aren\u2019t remotely the same, and I think that\u2019s what it gets to.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have no recollection of General Milley briefing me in the way that he described. But if he said, \u201cHey, I spoke with my Chinese counterparts yesterday,\u201d that wouldn\u2019t have been something particularly memorable. It would have been relatively ordinary course. I spoke with my Chinese counterparts from time to time as well. Every senior leader in America would do that, but it\u2019s the substance, Megyn. This is what you got to, and what I saw some of the questions about yesterday. If he in fact said, \u201cWe will not attack you until we warn you,\u201d that\u2019s just nutty, right? That\u2019s just \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>KELLY: You would remember that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>POMPEO: It\u2019s certain that he did not tell Chief Meadows or I that because \u2013 I don\u2019t know if he told us, he thinks he told us, on the same phone call, but I can promise you that Chief Meadows would have called me immediately and said, \u201cHey, we got a real problem here.\u201d And if I had of heard it, I would\u2019ve gone high and right. I\u2019d be very surprised if that\u2019s precisely how General Milley told the Chinese that. I worked with General Milley enough. But if he told Woodward and Costa that he said that, this is something he has to account for, that would be deeply inconsistent with his responsibility as the senior military defense advisor to the President of United States. And it would make no tactical, operational, or strategic sense to tell the Chinese that because, in the end, it wasn\u2019t going to be how we rolled it. It wasn\u2019t how the Trump administration rolled. We didn\u2019t warn our adversaries. We didn\u2019t tell them that there would be a date certain we\u2019d leave Afghanistan. We were very clear. We were going to use American power to protect America\u2019s interests. And we weren\u2019t about warning our adversaries of a potential attack if it was inconsistent with our objectives.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike Pompeo Refutes General Milley Briefing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s5gZaTir2z4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Mike Pompeo, who served as both CIA Director and Secretary of State during the Trump administration, disputed Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. 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