President Trump praised Mike Pompeo for berating an NPR reporter, saying the secretary of state 'did a good job on her.' CNN's kylieatwood reports.
NPR's diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen was supposed to be the radio representative on the plane that will travel with Pompeo to the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan in the coming days. He departs for the UK on Wednesday. State Department drops NPR from Pompeo trip after Ukraine dust-upBut on Monday"Michele Kelemen was informed that she would not be traveling. She was not given a reason," a NPR spokeswoman said.
Reporter says Mike Pompeo cursed and demanded she find Ukraine on a map after interviewPompeo typically provides just seven seats on his government plane for members of the media. A rotation of journalists, known as a"pool," represents print, radio and television outlets.Veterans of the State Department press corps were critical of the department's apparent action.
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State Department drops NPR from Pompeo trip after Ukraine dust-upNPR reporter Michele Kelemen was notified that she was being removed from the press pool covering Mike Pompeo's upcoming trip to the UK, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan — just a few days after Pompeo responded angrily to an interviewer from NPR
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State Department boots NPR reporter from trip after Pompeo spat'The removal of Michele...comes days after Secretary Pompeo harshly criticized the work of an NPR host. We can only conclude that the State Department is retaliating against National Public Radio,' the association's president said in a statement.
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U.S. State Department bars NPR reporter from Pompeo trip after testy interviewThe U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the pres...
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U.S. State Department bars NPR reporter from Pompeo trip after testy interviewThe U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo&39;s upcoming foreign trip, a press association and NPR said on Monday, days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalist&39;s interview with him. The removal of NPR
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State Dept. kicks NPR reporter off trip after Secretary Pompeo berates her colleagueSecretary of State Mike Pompeo attacked a National Public Radio reporter in a blistering statement after the network said he berated her using expletives.
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