Mon Apr 17, 2023 – 10:28 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced recently that he will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2024.
Pompeo served as a conservative congressman from Kansas prior to joining President Donald Trump’s administration, first as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and then as secretary of state.
“The time is not right for me and my family,” Pompeo wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. “At each stage of my public service — as a soldier, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and then as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and as your Secretary of State — I’ve been blessed to have the opportunity to advance America in a way that fit the time and the moment. This is not that time or that moment for me to seek elected office again.”
“And to those of you this thrilled, know that I’m 59 years old. There remain many more opportunities for which the timing might be more fitting as presidential leadership becomes even more necessary,” Pompeo said.
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