the last 15 months he served the nation as the director of the central intelligence agency and i think everyone knows how he has run the department with the agency. i think everyone knows the culture that he has built. the state department right now hase a terrible call the morale is terrible a lot of the positions as my ranking member for and havand friend have mentd haven't been filled but they also feel like they haven't had a leader inea some time that has stood behind them and raise them up to leverage the diplomatic efforts around the world. i believe this nominee will be suited for that and he's demonstrated that as the cia i strongly support his nomination and with that i hope you will vote and i look forward to serving the nation and i look forward i don't know the person let me just say this i don't know a person in the united states of america that can have more current knowledge about what is happening around the world in its current old. we've already met with the north koreans and note the cia has been our contact on our back channel he's the perfect person to lead those

an accomplished businessman, a former member of congress, and a current director of the central intelligence agency. this is a man who is qualified to serve in every respect. and yet some of my colleagues wanted to block director pompeo's nomination on the grounds that he supports our president. give me a break! to these colleagues i say, enough. enough of the partisan games. enough of the political grandstanding and self-serving sank money. -- sanctimony. delaying this nomination undermines the esteem of this body and the very safety our nation. obstructing director pompeo's confirmation would be a significant break from the bipartisan process that has characterized these kind of nominations in the past -- over my past 42 years. for example, when president obama nominated hillary clinton to serve as secretary of state, republicans and democrats set aside their differences without delay, confirming her nomination almost unanimously with a vote of 94-2. just four years later the senate did so again when we confirmed john kerry with a vote of 94-3. as republicans, did we disagree with secretary clint

an accomplished businessman, a former member of congress and current director of the central intelligence agency. he was qualified to serve in every respect. yet they wanted to block the nomination on the ground that he supports our president. give me a break. to these colleagues i say, enough. enough of the games in the grandstanding. this undermines not only the reputation of this body but the safety of our nation. this will be a significant break from the bipartisan process over my past 42 years. for example, when -- nominated hillary clinton republicans and democrats set aside their differences without delay. confirming her on a nomination almost unanimously on a vote of 94 - 2. four years later they did so again with john kerry with a vote of 94 - 3. we may have disagreed on a wide range of issues but did those disagreements prevent us from confirming to qualified nominees? absolutely not. as the case in point when secretary carey was confirmed the syrian civil war was raging. many of us disagreed with the policies in the middle east. my frustration is that secretary carries policies differ

been diverted as well as some government ministries they've also been evacuated germany's central intelligence agencyalso evacuated and parts of one of the main hospitals here the charity hospital as well as a military hospital have also had to evacuate patients so you know it's definitely caused traffic and mayhem in the city today absolutely especially given the size and the scale of this operation rebecca you know police authorities they've been communicating a lot on social media we actually have some of that sort of the. social media communication now to show our viewers in fact because this photo has come through on twitter from the police in berlin they write high distrust here the source of all evils the world war bomb our emergency responders stand ready and you can indeed see them standing there thirty three hundred police officers are at work to make sure all who are learners in the affected areas are taken to safety and all buildings are empty those evacuations that rebecca just mentioned and here's a rare sight a look inside berlin's otherwise overcrowded central station completely deser

another hospital that houses people from the military that was also shut down as well as the central intelligence agencyhere in berlin so you know it's caused a lot of disruption and traffic mayhem as well because of all the roads were closed down cars were being diverted the train station was shut down. the main the main train east west train through berlin so anyone trying to get from one side of the city to the other was unable to parts of the underground which shut down basically it was travel chaos and i'm sure people are really relieved that everything's back up and running now just ahead of the weekend talk with us a little bit more about that really if it is i'm sure it is indeed high and i know that you've been speaking with people over there where they're telling you. yeah well i mean i was talking to the police obviously they are really relieved that everything went to plan it was a sort of a joint police fire brigade operation the fire brigade were the ones with the actual disposal team but they were working very closely with police i've spoken to them they're obviously very relieved that ev

for the past 15 months, he has served our nation as director of the central intelligence agency.world today than mike pompeo. he's developed a culture there. he meets with the employees there. we know the state department has tremendous issues right now with culture. we know that. and we know he's built the kind of culture at the cia where the employees are at the state department are anxious to have him there. they know what he has done at -- >> we have to leave the confirmation hearing. the vote and the hearing are archived online in a c-span video library to watch any time. take you live down to the use senate continuing the consideration of kyle duncan to serve on the fifth circuit appeals court. it's possible the senate could vote on a confirmation on his nomination today. and tomorrow a joint meeting of the house and senate where they will hear from the president of france who is visiting the u.s. later in the week expecting the senate to take up the nomination of the cia director mike pompeo to be the next secretary of state. the president pro tempore: the senate will come

building has had to forces hospital building has also been evacuated as well as germany's central intelligence agencythat building's been evacuated so it's a really grand scale as well as as you mentioned thousands of residents in the area and all the transportation has been shut down across the city so it thirty's don't want to take any chances whilst this is a regular occurrence this scale of this means that people you know really don't want to take any chances you know are back as you said this is a really big bomb and actually we can take a look at it ourselves because police have actually shared a photo on their official twitter account let's look at it here where they are saying here the source of all evils the hash tag world war bomb our emergency responders stand ready that's impressive now we also have a picture here of the water police securing one of the canals a leading up to the main station and the ongoing operation is disrupting for lin's public transportation as you're saying we're back on several stations throughout the city center displaying evacuation warnings so we're back at you

david serves on several government advisory boards for the central intelligence agency and national security agency as well as on corporate boards in the private sector where he served as general counsel and chief compliance officer. he's taught law at georgetown university and currently is a founding partner in coper partners, strategic law firm. let's welcome our panelists. [applause] bryan: i think all of us are generally aware of russia's efforts in 2016, which we will discuss in detail. they've also been messing around in elections in france, the netherlands, germany and elsewhere and they have inflame division in debate in the united states on some of our most sensitive social and political issues. for context and the sense of the lack of any limits on ambitions and actions of russia in the modern era i mention yesterday theresa may announced it was is almostkely", which governmente russian using a military grade nerve agent attempted to assassinate a russian defector in his 33-year-old daughter on the streets of salisbury, england. one of a number of brazen political assassinations ov

time when intelligence-gathering methods were under fire before he went on to lead the central intelligence agency as i told my good friend and chairman richard burr and my colleagues on the intelligence committee last year, mike pompeo understands and respects the role of congress and the need for vigorous oversight. i say to those who serve our country here and in washington and at diplomatic posts around the world mike pompeo will work hard to earn your trust. he will seek to build bridges, to rely upon expertise, to debate and to discuss but always, always with respect. whether it's managing crises in syria or north korea, complex relationships with russia or china or humanitarian disasters in myanmar or yemen, mike will represent american ideals and values back by the strength of leadership of the free world. history has shown us time and again that we cannot sit back and wait given the most serious challenges we face in the world in the role our nation plays. wherever there is a void the world pays a price. >> this man is no diplomat! this man is no diplomat! warmonger! >> please remove -- >

to be for director pompeo as director of the central intelligence agency and against him for secretary of state seems to be unreconcilable. some have attempted to justify their opposition saying he is somehow antidiplomacy but that claim is frankly false. we just heard last night of the news of director pompeo's trip to north korea. two democratic senators from connecticut praised the groundwork that was being laid saying they're glad that preparations were being made for upcoming negotiations on the nuclearization of the korean peninsula and that this is the sort of diplomatic effort on the part of pompeo that is undoubtedly welcome. i agree with those comments. it's important for us to make sure that we exhaust all efforts at diplomatic resolution on the korean peninsula rather than see an armed conflict with so many innocent lives lost and so much bloodshed. so i applaud director pompeo and this administration for taking the diplomatic avenue so seriously and making that trip, laying the groundwork for the president's negotiation with kim jong-un. but then that raises a question, ho

your colleagues on the senate intelligence committee have asked information from me and central intelligence agency as has the house permanent select committee on intelligence. the leaders of those two organizations in a bipartisan way that would say i have been cooperative. >> you've spoken to special counsel mueller. >> that's correct. >> what was the subject of the conversation. >> i'm not going to speak to that. >> did special counsel tell you not to speak about these things. >> i have cooperated with multiple investigations while the investigation continues i think that's the appropriate way to approach it. no one here should take away because of the fact i don't want to speak no negative inferences with respect to anything or positive inferences about the fact that i think it's most appropriate while these investigations continue i not speak to the conversations i've had with the various investigative bodies. >> if i'm sure if i asked special counsel mueller a simple question whether you were told you couldn't i don't think he would say you couldn't. it is your choice you are not seeking to d

colleagues on the senate intelligence committee have asked for information from me and from the central intelligence agency as the house permanent select committee on intelligence. i think the leaders of those two organizations in a bipartisan way would say i've been cooperative. >> you have spoken to special counsel mueller. >> correct. >> what was the subject of the conversation? >> i'm not going to speak to that. >> did the special counsel tell you not to speak about these things? >> senator, i cooperated with multiple investigations while the investigation continues. i think that's the appropriate way to approach it. you should know and no one here today should take away any because of the fact i don't want to speak, there should be no negative inferences with respect to anything -- or positive inferences -- about the fact i think it is most appropriate that while the investigations continue, i not speak to the conversations i've had with the various investigative bodies. >> i'm sure if i asked director mueller, i mean, special counsel mueller a simple question, whether you were told you couldn't, i do

the recruiters visiting universities one of the country's most secretive employers the central intelligence agency. what does it take to get hired and join the ranks of the ciap our kate rogers went to headquarters to find out. >> reporter: zachary wyatt is a retired cia operations officer spent 25 years at the agency and helps recruit new talent. when you look at the national security challenges we have, you combine that with regional instability, cyberattacks, economic interdependence, finding individuals who can address any of them, not easy. >> the agency has career tracks in five different directorts from science and technology to digital innovation. wyatt says the cia most proactive recruitment efforts are in the district doctorate it of operations that deals with the clandestine work of the organization. >> they are charged with recruiting foreign sources around the world who have access to information our government can't get any other way. >> working for the cia is not what you see in hollywood mf movies wyatt says and not for everyone. >> when you combine what we are looking for, interes

sensitive and important positions in the trump administration already, director of the central intelligence agency. i spoke yesterday about the confirmations of some of the most recent secretaries of state, not just secretary clinton and kerry. secretary kerry got all but three votes in the senate. secretary clinton lost only two votes in the senate, but i also spoke of secretary powell and secretary rice, all confirmed overwhelmingly because the senate has always had a tradition up until now of some deference to the president when confirming nominees to positions like this that have national security importance. and the world needs to know that this president has confidence in this nominee, and he does. that is the key to his effectiveness in international diplomacy, knowing he has the president's ear. our democratic friends once upon a time acknowledged that in the words of the senior senator from delaware that the president, regardless of what party you're from, needs, for the most part, to have the team they want to put in place. they have been elected to lead. let's give them a chance to lead

faith in their work, their professionalism just as i've done with the workforce at the central intelligence agency. >> now, earlier this week the former u.s. secretary of state albright told me that revitalizing the u.s.'s toolbox is vital especially right now. >> i think he has a very big job as far as the state department is concerned, because it really in so many ways has been undermined and weakened by, first of all, the cuts that president trump proposed and that secretary tillerson supported, and then the fact that so many of the diplomats have actually have left which i think is very sad because they were accused of not being loyal. the diplomat, the foreign service officers and the civil servants are dedicated, patriotic americans and they know what they're supposed to be doing to represent america, so i think the main thing that mr. pompeo has to do is to really appreciate the people that work there and do everything they he can to make sure that they have the resources for their job and learn a little bit about the state department before he begins to think that he has to move everything

that affect not just the pompeiios, but family issues that affect every officer at the central intelligence agencyps me humble, keeps my sense of humor alive. they had lots of opportunities to tell me to step back, to step away, but they haven't, they have encouraged it, they have promoted it, and they are incredibly supportive of my efforts to serve america. a moment here too, to the men and women of the cia. to say that it has been an honor and privilege and a joy doesn't do just to these past 15 months. i've tee mademanded a lot of yo set the expectation bar high, i pushed responsibility and authority down to each and every one of you, and a long with that the required accountability. perhaps the highest complements of our work come from our adversaries, who fear and are in awe of the institution, and from our partner services around the world, we asked for more training, more intelligence, more joint operations than ever. to you, if i'm confirmed this won't be good-bye. no matter how this nomination process ends, i will be with you, i'll support you and admire you. i want to thank the presiden

will decide whether to confirm or reject president trump's nominee for director of the central intelligence agency jeanne aspel the controversy surrounding her connections to the post nine eleven torture program one of the darkest chapters in recent u.s. history has helped pull back that well maintained veneer of a washington d.c. filled with nothing but good honest patriotic public servants and has an exposed the city split into racked over its guilty conscience some willing to confront the guilt had on while others choose to excuse ignore and even revel in the sins of torture and abuse and write in time for this epic braley play taking place over how schools nomination is ali ahmadi you may remember him arrested after nine eleven here in the united states for alleged ties to al qaeda declared an enemy combatant by then president george w. bush and then held for thirteen straight years inside the u.s. the only he was the only non u.s. citizen detained outside of guantanamo bay eventually in two thousand and nine he pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to al qaeda this of course i

will decide whether to confirm or reject president trump's nominee for director of the central intelligence agency gina haskell the controversy surrounding her connections to the post nine eleven torture program one of the darkest chapters in recent u.s. history has helped pull back that well maintained veneer of a washington d.c. filled with nothing but good honest patriotic public service and having exposed the city split into racked over its guilty conscience. some willing to confront the guilt had on while others choose to excuse ignore and even revel in the sins of torture and abuse and write in time for this epic rally play taking place over how schools nomination is ali ahmadi you may remember him arrested after nine eleven here in the united states for alleged ties to al qaeda declared an enemy combatant by then president george w. bush and then held for thirteen straight years inside the u.s. the only he was the only non u.s. citizen detained outside of guantanamo bay eventually in two thousand and nine he pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to al qaeda this of course is

the central intelligence agency was interested now misty because it sought to develop a truth serum and interrogation weapon for questioning enemy spontaneous suspected disloyal people within the cia and the occasion that might require soliciting information from people against their will. you know where you are. they know it was very powerful they suspected it could be very helpful but they didn't know much about it so they turned to outside institutions outside experts to conduct research. some of this research turned out to be pretty nasty. there was a special case up in canada at the lane memorial institute in montreal. where people were essentially used as guinea pigs for a terrible experiment. the idea was to break a person's mental patterns down by giving them high doses of l.s.d. . when that phase was over they would put them asleep for a long time using a sedative and then engage in a process called psychic driving. where they'd have the same message piped in over and over again thousands of times. it was classic brainwashing. the c.i. wanted always a certain result they wanted

will decide whether to confirm or reject president trump's nominee for director of the central intelligence agency jeanne aspel the controversy surrounding her connections to the post nine eleven torture program one of the darkest chapters in recent u.s. history has helped pull back that well maintained veneer of a washington d.c. filled with nothing but good honest patriotic public servants and has an exposed a city split into racked over its guilty conscience some willing to confront the guilt had on while others choose to excuse ignore and even revel in this.

now central intelligence agency and a team at the cia have been working in intelligence channel which been in place for several years to make prep rags for the summit. they have spoken sever times. they even met in a third country with a focus on nailing down a location for the talks. we also understand mongolia has been raised as a possible location. we haven't heard publicly from north korea about kim jong un's invitation to meet with trump can was conveyed last month. they say several has knowledged trump's acceptance an we affirmed the need for denuclearization issue. it is a condition for talks. these preparatory talks are giving the u.s. more confidence that the north koreans are serious and they are lading ground work for a meeting. once a location is agreed upon officials say that the date will be set and the agenda will be discussed in greater detail. the confirmation hearing is this week. if confirmed he would assume over it's sight of diplomatic preparations along with new national security adviser who started work this weekend. cnn, washington. >>> a tourist island in the

i voted against confirming mike pompeo to be the director of the central intelligence agency because he lacked the experience and the qualifications for the position. his time at the c.i.a. has done nothing to assure me that he now has the capabilities to lead the secretary of state. -- the state department. as a member of the house of representatives mike pompeo made repeated discriminatory remarks about muslim americans. he has argued that the muslim-american leaders have a special obligation to denounce terrorist attacks and he has falsely claimed that they have failed to do that. i'm proud to represent a dynamic muslim and arab-american community in michigan. i have seen that these patriotic communities are often the first -- they are the first to denounce senseless acts of violence that perverts the islamic faith. mike pompeo has also close ties to the group that the southern poverty law center designated hate group because of its anti-muslim rhetoric and conspiracy theories. i question the judgment of an elected official who would work with such a group and i do not believe it

being an activist moby has been terribly busy with his disseminating information for the central intelligence agency alleging that he moby actually invented the i phone and releasing an album that one critic described as movies everything was beautiful and nothing hurt is that or then it's cover art but not by much going on to write that it seems that moby's upset and he wants to scream at everybody to stop making terrible choices but at the same time he's trying to be compassionate and understanding he failed this week when he had an intellectually lazy self-indulgent think piece for the wall street journal entitled food stamps shouldn't be for junk in which he rallies against the unhealthy choices that bore people make with the money they're given by the government for food stamps more commonly known as snap the program here in the united states will be claims among other things that the reason that poor people tend to buy less expensive process food with food stamps is because quote the food industry pushes the notion that poor people demand junk food and will complain it's not cuts them off. no

when mike pompeo to be nominated to be the director of the central intelligence agency, 15 senators from the other side of the aisle were willing to set aside p*pt. they knew -- aside partisanship. they knew he was qualified, his activities as a member of congress, everything he's done as c.i.a. director has shown that those 15 senators made the right call to support him over a year ago. they made the right call to join republicans and to respect the traditions of the senate, to put qualified people on the job even if you may not agree completely with their philosophy on political issues. no reason other than pure partisan politics that any of these democrats would vote against mike pompeo now. he's eminently qualified. he showed at his confirmation hearing, five hours he went through questioning, that he's got the intelligence, he's got the integrity, he's got the experience to serve as our nation's secretary of state. turn to the newspapers, mr. president, you have the "washington post" coming out saying, "confirm mike pompeo." you have "usa today" coming out saying confirm mike pompeo

to 1973 remembers how when his friends who were journalists were arrested by the korean central intelligence agency for printing unacceptable stories and suffered torture, habib who had regular poker games communicated firmly that press repression was a strong irritant in our relationship, a brazen attack by the south korean leader's regime precipitated more forceful involvement by habib. south korean agents kidnapped opposition politician kim daejeon from tokyo's grand palace hotel. he was put on a high-speed boat. restrained with weights, kim expected to be dumped into the sea. instead habib and japanese diplomate made forceful appeals to the south korean government to save kim's life and officials issued a statement calling for his release which occurred 5 days later. and made a representation to the korean government, your own agency has done this and you better keep him alive or it will do huge damage to our relations. after he returned to washington to serve as secretary of state for the state of affairs. he thought to draw high-level attention to problems in south korea by for example speaki

equally prevalent she was an officer in the central intelligence agency. although her cia service was closer to the shop and i like to command my trips from the safety of the embassy a more than a few occasion we had each other's backs. there's no one i would rather have watching my. she is qualified to speak on the intentions of russia another adversaries and is personally acquainted with our next cia director. she's a licensed attorney in international business consulting firm. david was president obama's first attorney general with authority over all another national security activities. he literally wrote the book on investigation senates and available on amazon. i served with david what is learned is that he's a public servant with one of the finest legal minds i know. most importantly one of the strata shooters and government. he currently serves on several government advisory boards as well as on corporate boards in the private sector where he's served as the chief compliance officer. currently a founding partner of the strategic consulting firm. [a

convey my faith in their work and professionalism as i've done with the workforce at the central intelligence agencyafter my arrival i spoke every conversation about the agencies mission. i talked about commanders in -- meet with mike. we gather up the first 50 to come talk to me so i have a chance to listen to them. i wanted to know -- them to know what the president and america's desire was for them and wanted them to understand i was depending on them. when the team needed additional resource efs i defended them and asked and demanded for them and the president, so long as he found value, never hesitated to provide them. i was able to persuade him. with your help i'll do is same thing at the department of state. you have my commitment with respect to i'll work with each of you to fill the vacancies at the state department. it is critical to strengthening the finest diplomatic core in the world and america and the world needs us to be that. workforces and their culture. i will spend a lot of time on this. it's important. i will proceed on -- without getting that part right, if the team doesn't und

you recently -- you're currently the head of the central intelligence agency which understandably should be a lot more opaque and doesn't engage -- i think you said earlier you had just a handful of public engagements. now you're going to be secretary of state. it has a culture of much more openness with the press. let me ask you, you don't believe the press is the enemy of the state, do you? >> i do not, senator. >> and you're going to engage with the press in an open, transparent, allow a robust engagement if i can say. i imagine it's yes. >> it is my every intention, yes. >> and with regard to your posture as you travel internationally, you're going to be become an apostle of the idea of a free press. >> yes. >> thank you very much. i want to move on to syria, if i may. you and i talked about some -- you and i both believe we need to counter the threat of iran. then i talked to you yesterday about the sort of the incongruency of our policy in syria. the president has announced he would freeze $200 million in stabilization assistance and that the u.s. would pull out of isis -- excuse m

the central intelligence agency has clearly got the best focus on kim jong un., and the director understands that. before has also had a tremendous grasp of what the issues are in north korea and certainly what the risks are. and i totally agree that pompeo is on the same page with the president and his entire national security foreign policy agenda. and i think that his relationship with the president, as a result of the daily briefings is excellent. they truly understand one another. they are both very bright and they both learn from each other. >> martha: what was the purpose of this trip to north korea? and what do you think the administration learn from it in terms of what it is going to look like once he goes there, if indeed he goes? >> i think that the primary purpose is a preliminary step to actually have a meeting with the two leaders. the primary purpose was to stress test kim jong-un's authenticity about really making a deal. and the fact that pompeo has debriefed the president, and the president is going forward with of the summit meeting, with all

described took place because of the talented officers, the expertise, the professionals at the central intelligence agency. that is, i had enormous human capital with which to build a team. i know the state department is the same way. i know the local employees, the civil service, the foreign service officers should have that same desire for admission and to be relevant, to be important. if you decide to devote your life to that, you have a special commitment. and my task if i'm confirmed will be to free them up to go do the great work they signed up to do when they came on board at the state department. i'll work at that every day. >> you just demonstrated by giving the credit to the employees at the cia why you were such a popular director there and i'm sure it will continue at the state department. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. senator booker. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. pompeo. i do want to say again i appreciate you coming by and showing me the respect and deference to give me some time yesterday so we could talk in private. >> you're most welcome. >> i want to pick

our 15 months he served nation as the director of the central intelligence agency. is probably no one in the united states that those more about what is happening around the world today than mike pompeo. there developed a culture an he meets with the employers ees. department haste a tremendous issue with culture and yes but the culture at the cia where the employees at the state department are anxious to have him there. they know what he has been at the cia. many people on both sides of the isles have lavished praise on him for what he has done there. develop the kind of culture at the state -- i have to leverage to say what other thing. to last two secretaries of state were my friends. in the previous administration -- in the last three secretaries of state have been my friends. one of the things they have lacked that is widely acknowledged is they didn't have a good relationship with the president. knew thatem nature we they felt differently about what was happening. inthis'll be the first time four nominees we have a nominee who has a relationship with the presi

for the last 15 months, he served our nation as director of the central intelligence agency. there is probably no one in the united states that knows more about what is happening around the world today than mike pompeo. cultureeveloped a there. he meets with the employees there. we know the state department has tremendous issues right now with culture. we know that. and we know he has built the kind of culture at the cia where the employees of the state department are anxious to have him there. they know what he has done at the cia. many people on both sides of the aisle have lavished praise on him for what he has done there. develop the kind of culture at the state department to leverage, to leverage -- and i want to say one other thing. the last two secretaries of state were my friends. i am talking about in the previous administration. actually, the last three secretaries of state have been my friends. one of the things that they have lacked, and i think it is widely acknowledged, is they did not really have a relation -- a good relationship with the president. each of the

the last 15 months he sifed our nation as the director of the central intelligence agency. to some things that maybe would have met the objection there is probably no one more in the in the united states that knows what's happening today than mike pompeo. he meets with the employees there. we know state department has tremendous issues right now with culture. we know that. we know he's built the culture at the c.i.a. where the employees at the state department are anxious to have him there. they know what he's done at the c.i.a. he knows how to develop the kind of culture at the state department to leverage, to -- the last two secretaries of state, the last three secretaries of state have been my friends. one of the things that they have lacked, and i think it is widely acknowledged, is they did not really have a relation -- a good relationship with the president. each of them made sure that we know that they felt differently about what was happening than what was happening. this would be the first time in four nominees that we actually have a nominee that has relationship

we've had a small role at the central intelligence agency of pushing back against it, and i know that there's been lots of talk about the global engagement center. in the event i am confirmed, i promise you i will put excellent foreign service officers, excellent civil service officers on the task of developing that capability and using it in a robust way. >> i'm encouraged to hear that, and as you know, we made some progress recently getting some funds there starting it up. will you commit to helping implement this in an aggressive way, including ensuring we have the right staff there to be able to pursue this critical mission? >> i will, senator portman. >> i just got back from ukraine and i see i have a minute and a laugh left based on what everyone else had, so i'll take it. i just came back from ukraine, and as you and i talked about, ukraine, unfortunately, is ground zero for what's going on in regard to disinformation. but it's beyond that. i saw the military activities as well. do you support the continuation of providing defensive lethal weapons to othe ukranians so thy can d

i knew he did a very good job as the director at the central intelligence agency. i have to say, through the process of him going through the confirmation hearings, the conversations we've had, the meetings we've had, i think you will be exemplary. >> mike pompeo finished first in his class at west point. he graduated from harvard law school magnum cum laude. and then he served in congress as a representative through kansas. most recently, he's been the cia director and in the middle of north korea talks. a key liberal photo why she would be voting no. >> there are many reasons, it's pretty straightforward. mike pompeo is completely unfit to serve as america's chief diplomat. during his time in the public service, mike pompeo has embraced a variety of views that betray america's values. >> republicans countered saying that is pure politics that mike pompeo is 20 qualified to be the nation's top diplomat. soon there will be a new face of american foreign policy leading the state department. we expect a gavel any moment now. now. melissa. >> melissa: mike emanuel, th