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5月2日美国总统特朗普及副总统彭斯共同出席并主持了蓬佩奥的正式宣誓就职仪式，祝贺他成为美国第70任国务卿。在就职演说中，蓬佩奥表示，他的使命是领导外交官执行特朗普的外交政策，并且丝毫没有提及他的前任蒂勒森。
This is truly humbling. Thank you very much, Mr. President, for those kind words. Thank you, Mr. Vice President, for being here today to honor me by swearing me in. Thank you, Ambassador Lawler. Ambassador Glendon, thank you so much for that invocation. I used to work for her for $7.50 an hour. (Laughter.)
And we will soon move our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem years ahead of schedule. (Applause.) We are bringing fairness and reciprocity to our economic relationship with China and protecting our intellectual property from them as well. (Applause.) And we saw in your meetings last week with President Macron and Chancellor Merkel, we continue to uphold and strengthen our time-honored alliances. But there’s one more thing. Right now, we have an unprecedented opportunity to change the course of history on the Korean Peninsula. I underscore the word opportunity. We are in the beginning stages of the work, and the outcome is certainly yet unknown. But one thing is certain: this administration will not repeat the mistakes of the past. Our eyes are wide open. It’s time to solve this once and for all. A bad deal is not an option. The American people are counting on us to get this right. We are committed to the permanent, verifiable, irreversible dismantling of North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program, and to do so without delay. To my colleagues here: When I say “we’re” going to do this, I mean “we.” This is a team effort at the State Department and the whole of the United States Government. Mr. President, when you offered me the job to be the director of the CIA, I was honored to lead the world’s finest intelligence corps. And I am incredibly honored and humbled by the opportunity to lead the world’s finest diplomatic corps now. (Applause.) Mr. President, you read one of – a great quote from the greatest president ever from Kansas. (Laughter.) It was a historic quote, but frankly, things haven’t changed much since then. I’ve been an Army officer, a congressman, the director of the CIA, now here at State. We have much to do, but in every position I’ve had, I’ve witnessed the skills, expertise, and patriotism of our foreign affairs professionals. Whether civil servants or Foreign Service officers, political appointees, or locally employed staff, you all lay it on the line to make sure that America is safe and prosperous and free. Thank you for that. (Applause.) As I’ve said, and I’ll elaborate more, I want the State Department to get its swagger back. We need our men and women out at the front lines, executing American diplomacy with great vigor and energy, and to represent the finest nation in the history of civilization. We should be proud of that, and I’m counting on you all to help communicate in every corner of the world. Mr. President, I have full confidence that my team here in Washington and around the world, under your leadership, can and will execute that mission for the benefit of the American people. And I’m eager to work with you all to get that job done. You all know this is essential work. That’s why you’re here. It’s why I’m here. I look forward to doing this together. Thank you all so much for the warm welcome I have received in these first days. I can’t wait to get after this with you. Thank you again, Mr. President, for your trust and your leadership and your faith in me. Thank you. (Applause.)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, his wife, Susan Pompeo, and President Donald Trump participate in a ceremonial swearing in ceremony at the State Department in Washington on May 2, 2018. |
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