WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump´s
**minee to head the CIA portrayed multiple
challenges facing the United States on Thursday, from an aggressive
Russia to a "disruptive" Iran to a China that he said is creating "real tensions.
"Diverging from Trump´s stated aim of seeking closer ties with Russia, Mike Pompeo said that
Russia is "asserting itself aggressively" by invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening Europe, and "doing nearly **thing" to destroy Islamic State.
Pompeo, a Republican member of the House of Representatives and a former US Army ******r, was speaking during his confirmation hearing in the US Senate, at a time when Trump, a Republican who takes ****** on Jan
20, has openly feuded with US intelligence agencies.
For weeks, the president-elect questioned the intelligence agencies´ conclusion that
Russia used hacking and other tactics to try to tilt the 2016 presidential election in his favour.
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