in barisma holdings, a ukrainian natural gas company. to your mind, is that an appropriate conversation for rudy giuliani to be having with you -yard ukrainian officials? >> you're asking me to comment on reporting i have no idea if

prime minister of australia as well. kevin ors we'll see you soon, thanks. joining me now from new york is the secretary of state, mike pompeo. welcome back to "fox news sunday. >> it's great to be with you. john: mr. secretary, earlier in the week you said the attack was, quote, an about of war, and you said that iran was definitely behind it. when you say something is an act of war, does that demand, ultimately, a military response? >> well, john, our mission set's been very clear. president trump would like to have a diplomatic solution. that's the task that's in front of us, that's what we've been aiming for for a little over two years now with the strongest sanctions that have ever been put in place against this revolutionary regime. john, you know the history, 40 years of terror from iran. it's an anti-semitic set of leaders that would like to wipe israel and america from the face of the earth. our mission set is to avoid war. you saw what the secretary announced on friday,...