"..nuclear program, not Qaddafi's subsequent unpredictable demise. History showed that I didn't get through. ... Nonetheless, Trump ended the conversation by saying, 'Great job.'" 3/3

"..like my reference to the 'Libya model' for denuclearizing North Korea bc of Muammar Qaddafi's overthrow seven yrs later during the completely unrelated Middle East Arab Spring. I tried explaining that the 'model' for nonproliferation analysts was completely removing Libya's"2/

More Pompeo: "Once we're confident we have a shared understanding of the threat, then we can take action," says won't be another panel, but "catalyst for action...We'll work to make sure we have a shared set of facts + then create a set of proposals for things we can do together"

Pompeo says Trump's plan to withdraw US troops from Germany "is an outcome from a collective set of decisions about how we're going to posture our resources @ the world, " indicates more troops in Indo-Pacific to "posture appropriately to respond to " China's PLA #BrusselsForum 

More Pompeo: "It's often the case that the capacity to deter Russia or other adversaries isnt determined any longer by having a bunch of folks garrisoned some place "--calls on others to "step up and take responsibility for their own defense " in new ways, w/o naming #BrusselsForum 

In last wk, US shows heightened support for #Sudan —calls bt/ @SudanPMHamdok  & Treasury@stevenmnuchin1 , @SecPompeo , @SenatorRisch , and now new $$ from @USAID —$356M announced at donor conference, for elections, institutions, marginalized communities—a 10-fold increase in US funds

That's not what deal said—it said Taliban wld "prevent any group or individual, including (AQ), from using the soil of to threaten the security" of +allies But DOD rpt says AQ still presents "limited threat" to +allies, "maintains an enduring interest in" regional attacks