Mike Pompeo: US continues to arm Georgian fighting against Russian expansion

12:26, 12.04.2018

“The US supplies brave men and women from Georgia and Ukraine fighting against Russian expansionism with weapons ,” – reads the excerpts of opening statement of Mike Pompeo, who is nominated to the post of secretary of state of US – Associated Press reported.

President Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of state is declaring that years of soft U.S. policy toward Russia are over and vowing to promote democracy and human rights while ending “demoralizing” vacancies at the State Department.

Mike Pompeo is set to appear Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Now serving as Trump’s CIA director, the former Kansas congressman has been nominated to replace Rex Tillerson as America’s top diplomat.

In prepared remarks for his Senate confirmation, Pompeo chastises Russia for acting “aggressively” and emphasizes that the Trump administration considers Russia “a danger to our country.” But he also says that diplomatic efforts with Moscow, while challenging, “must continue.”

Pompeo also stresses America’s “duty to lead,” despite Trump’s own vows to put “America first.”

Source: Associated Press

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