Mr. Pompeo has not made any public comments since his nomination in November, and how he will approach his new job remains to be seen. How Mr. Pompeo gets along with Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, Mr. Trump’s choice for national security adviser, is likely to prove crucial. “I think it’s safe to say that Mr. Pompeo is very skeptical of Vladimir Putin,” Mr. Nunes said. Democrats expect to hit the Russia issue hard in an attempt to draw out differences between Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Trump. As director of the C.I.A., Mr. Pompeo would “have an enormous effect on surveillance and torture and Russia,” Senator Wyden said.

Source: New York Times January 11, 2017 19:40 UTC