Bloomberg: Pompeo in His Own Words on Iran, Russia and Spying on Allies

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Mike Pompeo, a foreign policy hawk tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of State, may push U.S. diplomacy sharply to the right. Here is what the CIA director and former Kansas congressman has said about global hot spots from Iran to North Korea.

Iran Nuclear Deal
"My critique of the Obama administration's JCPOA commitment was that they left the Iranians with a breakout capacity. They had a short time frame that these would -- these restrictions would remain in place." --March 11 on CBS's "Face the Nation"

"I look forward to rolling back this disastrous deal with the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism." --Nov. 17, 2016, on his personal Twitter account, which was de-activated once he became head of the CIA

"Iran has always made a devil's bargain with al Qaeda to protect them in many ways. And that protection was often contingent on a deal which said if we protect you, you won't attack us here in Tehran." --Sept. 11, 2017, interview with Bloomberg

Russia and Election Meddling
"The Russians attempted to interfere in the United States election in 2016. They also did so before that. There's a long history of Russian efforts to influence the United States and conduct influence operations against the United States. And it was Russians who actually engaged in this, not somebody from outside of the country or disconnected from Russia." --March 11 on "Fox News Sunday"

But Pompeo then added: "There's not been a single indication that any vote was changed, that ballots were tampered with, or that there was any outcome determined by the intelligence community. The intelligence community has simply said that's not our role to make that determination."

"I haven't seen a significant decrease in their activity...

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