President Trump repeatedly asked GOP lawmakers during his speech at the party's retreat on Thursday to find Mike Pompeo, who until this week served in Congress.

The former Kansas representative was confirmed by the Senate on Monday as Trump's CIA director, while the retreat in Philadelphia was meant only for current lawmakers.

"Mike Pompeo, is Mike here? Mike? Mike Pompeo, phenomenal guy," Trump said during his speech Thursday at the retreat, looking around the room and gesturing to the crowd.

Trump brought up Pompeo as he rattled off a series of lawmakers he's tapped for his Cabinet, including Sen. Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE (R-Ala.), his pick for attorney general.

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Trump later returned to the question as he started to praise the members of the CIA and Department of Homeland Security.

"We have so many different people that we are putting in office, I think it's the group of all-stars like really, nobody has seen before, right?" Trump said.

"Where is — where is Pompeo? Where the hell is he? Did he ever come here?" Trump asked the audience, shielding his eyes from lights as he looked into the crowd.

Lawmakers shouted in response: "He's at work!"

"He's gonna be another one of the big stars. I have to mention him every single time," Trump responded.

Pompeo served four terms as the congressman from the Kansas district surrounding Wichita before he was sworn in as CIA director this week.