Pompeo Confirms U.S. Forces Killed Russian Mercenaries

Pompeo Confirms U.S. Forces Killed Russian Mercenaries (The Washington Free Beacon)

CIA Director and Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo confirmed on Thursday that United States forces killed a couple hundred Russians in Syria back in February.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.), during Pompeo's confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of state, questioned the adequacy of the Trump administration's actions in implementing sanctions against Russia.

"And let me just say, you talked about the actions that have been taken by this administration. But the fact is, the sanctions that were passed overwhelmingly in the House and Senate, that had bipartisan support, have not been fully implemented by this administration," Shaheen said. "So we have mandatory sanctions related to Russian crude oil products that hasn't been implemented. We have sanctions with respect to Russia and other foreign financial institutions not implemented. Sanctions with respect to transactions with foreign sanction evaders and serious human rights abusers in the Russian Federation not implemented yet."