incriminating photos, incriminating videos, and more. we have shared this with the united states. the united states can vouch for its authenticity. we will also share it with other countries, and we will share it with the international atomic energy agency. let me tell you the history of it. we have known for years that iran had a secret nuclear weapons program called project amad. we can prove that project amad was a comprehensive program to design, build, and test nuclear weapons. we can also prove that iran is amadetly storing project material to use of a china -- at a time of their choice to

develop nuclear weapons. here is what project amad's goal was. produce nuclear weapons. -- creating nuclear weapons. this is an original iranian presentation from these files. [applause] [applause] [applause]

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>> thank you, everyone and it's pleasure to welcome our new secretary of state. i wanted to thank each and everyone of you for your hard work over the last six weeks. the pace of world events does not pause to allow the united states government to change from one secretary of state to another but it's because of your dedication and professionalism that this department is continued to meet its mission for the american people so thank you to all of you for all you've done the last six weeks. [applause] and now it's my great honor to --roduce our new secretary

you all know his bio, he is a former three term member of congress, former, now director of the central intelligence agency. i offer my own perspective as somebody who comes from the private practice of law in looking at his bio. i looked at it through the lens of a former law firm partner and i imagined how i would assess his bio if i were looking at opposing counsel and had to advise my client who we would be dealing with. was weood out to meet have a tank commander who then went to harvard law school and was elected to the harvard law review which is a pretty unusual combination. advising my client about who we were going to be dealing with on the other side of the table or in negotiations

or if it were in a courtroom, i would say wow, we are dealing with a cross between george patton and oliver wendell holmes. [laughter] pretty tough combination to face as an opponent but the good news for us is he is coming here to lead our team. it's the adversaries of the united states who will be facing that formidable opponent across the table. -- iut further add you, do, i will turn over the microphone to the 70th secretary of state, mike pompeo. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. most graciousse

words, john and thank you for your service in standing in the gap. you have done a remarkable job and the whole team has. i have had a chance to work alongside you as the cia director when you are the acting secretary and you have done this organization incredibly proud. america should be proud of you and thank you for this amazing work. [applause] so i think i have the record for the longest trip to the first day of work. [laughter] i am humbled to be here. i tried to prepare myself for this moment but to stand here and look at the most important diplomatic corps in the world is the norm to me. enormously humbling to me.

i talked about the fact this nation is so exceptional and so the facts blessed and that direction that is that it also creates a responsibility, a duty for america all across the world. americaor certain that cannot execute that duty, cannot achieve its objectives absent executingbsent america's foreign policy in every corner of the world with incredible vigor and energy. i am looking forward to helping you all achieve that. [applause] my remarks today will be relatively brief. tomorrow, the president will be here to do my official swearing in. i think much of the cabinet will be here as well. it's an important day for the president's first trip to this important place.

i am looking forward to being there with many of you and having the honor to have the president of the united states do my formal swearing-in. i then will sometime either later this week or beginning of --t, do more to develop my what i hope to achieve and speak to the entire workforce and i will lay out my expectations, my hopes and most importantly, share with you my leadership style. this is very different. one of the first rules don't talk down to people. [laughter] so i will speak to all of you right here. [laughter] that is that i feel like i know you. i have worked alongside you as a member of congress when i traveled. watch had the chance to when i was traveling around the world and i would go into an embassy and i would arrive late at night and there were the folks in the political section

or economic section doing great work on behalf of america. learn a great deal to about the state department and how we perform our mission. but as people, i am confident i know who you are. to be a foreign service officer a civil servant or work here in many other becausees and to do so you are patriots and great americans and because you want to be an important part of america's face to the world. my mission will be to lead you and allow you to do that, the very thing you came here to do. [applause] i will get to as many parts of this organization as i can. i said in my testimony that i will spend as little time on the seventh floor, it thinks the seventh floor, right? [laughter] i will go up there in a minute.

i will travel and get out tousaid to see their important part of our mission as well. i know every endeavor each of you undertakes is a critical part of achieving the ultimate objective which is to deliver president trump and america's foreign policy around the world, to be the double face that achieves the outcomes that america so desperately needs to achieve in the world. i have told this story a couple of times but it's worth repeating -- advice i got was from a sergeant who was the first platoon sergeant in my first tank for tim when i was 23 years old. i arrived there and when i hopped out of the jeep, he said you will do well if you shut up for a while. [laughter] i think he meant that. [laughter] him to be saying was that it's important we listen and learn. i know have in a more -- an

enormous amount to listen to you about and to learn from you. i talked about getting back our swagger and i will fill in what i mean by that. but it's important, the united states diplomatic courtney's to be in every corner, every stretch of the world, executing missions on behalf of this country and it is my humble, noble undertaking to help you achieve that. [applause] thank you. i look forward to meeting just as many of you as i get a chance to do, to learn from as many of you as i can, and leading the team into the field. i know we will deliver for this president and for this country. thank you and may the good lord bless you and i will see you all around the building, thanks. [applause]

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>> wrapping up his remarks from secretary of state mont home payout to the state department employees this afternoon -- a reminder that coming up next hour, we would hear from the

deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who is expected to make comments in the mission of the justice department among other items and recognition of law day and then lie from the newseum at 2:00 p.m. eastern. yesterday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu offered evidence to show that iran has lied about the international nuclear deal. israelis.ay pm netanyahu: you may well know that iran leaders repeatedly denied ever pursuing nuclear weapons. you can listen to iran's supreme leader, ali khamenei mr. khamenei: i stress that the islamic republic has never been after nuclear weapons. pm netanyahu: you can listen to hassan rouhani. the iranian president. pres. rouhani: nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction have no place in iran's security or defense doctrine and contradict our religious and ethical convictions. pman