Congratulations to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who just agreed to adhere to a cease fire effective at midnight. Many lives will be saved. Proud of my team @SecPompeo & Steve Biegun & @WHNSC for getting the deal done!
I'm often critical of Trump administration foreign policy, but @SecPompeo and Steve Biegun have done a good job in trying to end the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. @IgnatiusPost rightly gives the administration credit, and calls for more pressure:
I interviewed US Deputy Secretary of State Steve Biegun about Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia as part of an online series run by the Yalta European Strategy conference. He argued that there will be continuity in US policy towards the region...listen here:
FLASH: Deputy Secretary of State Steve Biegun just said US and EU "exchanging information on a number of other names" in #Belarus to sanction, also considering sanctions against enterprises, that will be announced "in the very near future."
Smart move by @SecPompeo to send @StateDept steve biegun'>Dep Secy Steve Biegun to Europe/Russia to discuss #Belarus . Biegun knows Russia, well respected in Europe, and used to work for @IRIglobal . "No. 2 U.S. diplomat to visit Russia, Lithuania to discuss Belarus"
Serving with PRIDE around the world. Thank you @GLIFAA & Jeff Anderson for partnering with @AtlanticCouncil to host Deputy Secretary@StateDept Steve Biegun, Amb Gilchrist, Urooj Arshad of @FreedomHouseDC & Mark Bromley@GlobalEqualityf Coalition. @ac_diversity @VicenteGarcia
INBOX: Now public, State Department announces @SecPompeo and steve biegun'>Deputy Secretary Steve Biegun fly to Honolulu today to meet Chinese officials tomorrow
@SecPompeo +Dep Sec Biegun go after @HFAC Democrats@repeliotengel '>Chai @RepEliotEngel and staff over Steve Linick. Letters insist nobody--including top aide/old friend Undersecretary Bulato--briefed Pompeo on investigations; troll Engel on reelection; highlight items "Democrats won't tell you"
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1/I’ve obtained the letters that Sec. Mike Pompeo, Deputy Sec. Steve Biegun, etc. submitted to House investigators re: their probe of the firing of State Dept. inspector general Steve Linick. There’s some weird stuff. A few highlights:
1/Steve Biegun, the deputy secretary of State, just sent an email out to the State Department to take stock of the profound moment right now in the United States. A few lines from it:
@washingtonpost Several officials are in the contest to succeed Pompeo as Secretary of State, if he runs for Senate: Robert O'Brien, Steve Mnuchin, Ric Grenell, Steve Biegun, Brian Hook, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton. Trump is already searching for his next secretary of state
South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reports that North Korea has executed several officials involved in working level talks before the Hanoi Trump-Kim summit, including Kim Hyok Chol the former ambassador to Spain who (briefly now it seems) served as Steve Biegun’s counterpart
Some dogged Korean reporters staked out the airport last night and caught U.S. special rep. Steve Biegun welcoming Kim Yong Chol to US. KYC stayed at Dupont Circle Hotel last night 1/
Special Representative for #NorthKorea Steve Biegun: has created an opening, and it’s one that we must take by seizing every possible opportunity to realize the vision for a peaceful future for the people of North Korea.
. announces Steve Biegun as the Special Representative for , who wil #NorthKorea lead our efforts to achieve Trump’s goal of the final, fully-verified denuclearization of North Korea, as agreed to by Chairman Kim Jong Un.
ICYMI → Today, announced that Steve Biegun is joining the team as Special Rep. for to lead efforts to #NorthKoreaachieve ’ goal of the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea as agreed to by Chairman Kim.
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