Mike Pompeo to tell Senate soft US policy on Russia `now over`
(The Guardian North Korea)

Pick for secretary of state will say Trump administration considers Russia `danger to our country´Mike Pompeo, the CIA director picked to be the next secretary of state, will tell the Senate that years of soft US policy toward Russia are `now over`. Pompeo will chastise Russia for acting `aggressively` and emphasise the Trump administration considers Russia `a danger to our country`, according to excerpts of his prepared remarks obtained by the Associated Press from a senior Trump official. Related: Pompeo and Haspel nominations set up contentious Senate hearings Related: Mike Pompeo: who is Trump`s new pick for secretary of state? Continue reading...