NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) — President-elect Donald Trump offered Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo the Central Intelligence Agency director’s position, sources close to the transition team said Friday.
Pompeo, 52, a member of Congress since 2011, accepted the position, NBC News reported.
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and Harvard Law School, he is regarded a member of the congressional Republicans’ Tea Party caucus, and serves on the House Select Committee on Benghazi, investigating the attack on the U.S. consulate compound that killed four people in 2012.
The sources, asking for anonymity, also said Rep. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., was offered the attorney general’s position.
