Pompeo expected to visit Kansas on Thursday

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to visit Kansas on Thursday, in what would be his fourth visit to his home state this year.

Pompeo, who some Republicans hope will run for retiring Sen. Pat Roberts’s (R-Kansas) seat next year, plans to attend a roundtable discussion for the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, which makes recommendations to the federal government about skills-based education, The Wichita Eagle reported.

Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.) confirmed to the Eagle that the former Kansas congressman would be in attendance.{mosads}

President Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross chair the board hosting the roundtable discussion the secretary plans to attend, according to the Federal Register.

A State Department official told the Eagle there was no travel to announce “at this time.”

Pompeo has not firmly said whether he will run for the Senate, saying he will continue in his present role as long as the president wants him.

The House impeachment inquiry has drawn testimony from a number of officials in Pompeo’s department as Democrats investigate Trump’s policies and actions with regard to Ukraine. 

Democrats are focused on whether Trump withheld aide to Ukraine to get that country’s government to conduct politically motivated investigations that might have helped Trump.