WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Defeating the Daesh terrorist group is one of the top priorities for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), President-elect Donald Trump's CIA Director nominee Mike Pompeo said during his confirmation hearing on Thursday.
"As the president-elect has made clear, one of my top priorities if confirmed is to assist in the defeat of ISIS [Daesh]," Pompeo told US Senate Intelligence Commitee.
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