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U.S. Secretary of 1xbet online casino Michael R. Pompeo delivered the first Landon Lecture of the 2019-2020 school year at Kansas 1xbet online casino University, the 190th presentation in the distinguished lecture series.
1xbet online casino spoke at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, in McCain Auditorium.
"Mike Pompeo got his start in government in Kansas, serving as a three-term congressman for the 1xbet online casino 's 4th District after running two successful businesses in the 1xbet online casino ," said Linda Cook, chair of the Landon Lecture series and the university's chief of staff and director of community relations. "Now, as secretary of 1xbet online casino , he serves as the chief foreign affairs adviser to President Trump, traveling the world to meet with foreign governmental leaders and carrying out the president's foreign policy."
Pompeo became the nation's 70th secretary of 1xbet online casino on April 26, 2018. The 1xbet online casino Department includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service and U.S. Agency for International Development. He will be the fourth secretary of 1xbet online casino to deliver a Landon Lecture, following Henry Kissinger in 1996, George Schultz in 1986 and Edmund Muskie in 1980.
Before becoming secretary of 1xbet online casino , Pompeo was director of the Central Intelligence Agency from January 2017 to April 2018. From 2011-2017, Pompeo represented Kansas' 4th District, which includes the city of Wichita and surrounding areas. He was a member of the House Intelligence Committee as well as on the Energy and Commerce committees and the House Select Benghazi Committee.
Pompeo came to government service after serving in the military and the business world. He graduated first in his class at the United 1xbet online casino Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and was a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He also served with the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the Army's Fourth Infantry Division. After leaving active duty, Pompeo graduated from Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
In his business career, 1xbet online casino founded Thayer Aerospace, where he served as CEO for more than a decade. He later became president of Sentry International, an oilfield equipment manufacturing, distribution and service company based in Wichita.
One of the most prestigious lecture series offered at a U.S. college or university, the Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series was instituted in 1966 by former Kansas 1xbet online casino University President James A. McCain. The series is a tribute to Alfred M. Landon, who served as governor of Kansas from 1933-1937 and delivered the first lecture in the series.