During Mike Pompeo’s confirmation hearing on Thursday the US next State Secretary is expected to declare about the end of the US soft policy towards Russia, Reuters reports.
In his remarks, Pompeo will signal a harder line toward Moscow, while also delving into US foreign policy challenges on North Korea, Iran and China, according to excerpts of his opening statement released in advance by the White House.
"Russia continues to act aggressively, enabled by years of soft policy toward that aggression. That’s now over," he will say, according to the testimony.