James Jeffrey, blunt career diplomat, named Pompeo's new Syria envoy
"Putin is out to undermine the entire US security system in the Middle East, and Trump keeps allowing him to do this, as Obama did but in different ways," Jeffrey continued.
Then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, February 13, 2018(photo credit: REUTERS/LEAH MILLIS)ByMICHAEL WILNERUpdated: