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Dog care, hair appointments, restaurant reservations: Odd jobs of Pompeo s state dept. aides
NYT News Service / Apr 17, 2021, 12:56 IST
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WASHINGTON: Last year, when he was still secretary of state, Mike Pompeo dismissed accusations that he or his wife, Susan Pompeo, had asked State Department staff to walk his dog or perform other personal tasks as “patently false” and “crazy stuff.”
On Friday, a State Department inspector general’s report concluded that the Pompeos had deployed government employees not just to take care of their dog, but to make restaurant reservations and hair salon appointments, deliver jewelry to their home, prepare their personal Christmas cards, order flowers for some friends, pick up others at hotels and, in one case, buy ingredients for what appeared to be a chocolaty mixed drink for a charity auction.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan arrive at the White House for a state dinner on April 24, 2018, in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is hosting French President Emmanuel Macron for the first state visit of his presidency. (Getty Images)
Who is Susan Pompeo?
Susan Pompeo originally from Wichita, KS is very close to her hometown. She shared her love for Wichita in an interview sharing, “It used to be when someone was elected they bought a house and moved their entire family to Washington and that’s where they lived. That’s where the kids went to school. That’s where they made their home. But for us it could never be home. Wichita is home and we get back here as often as we can,” she said to Wichita Magazine.
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Courtesy of U.S. Military Academy
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