U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the CIA portrayed multiple challenges facing the United States on Jan. 12, 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, Pompeo said that Russia is “asserting itself aggressively” by invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening Europe, and “doing nearly nothing” to destroy Islamic State.
