reporter manu raju for more on this. mike pompeo just got a very high profile promotion. what does he bring to this new job if confirmed? reporter: he was elected in 2010 in the republican wave and is known for political combat, including winning a vicious gop primary in 2014 to win back his seat. he also has staunchly conservative views that are in line with donald trump s, including rolling back the iran deal, calling for stricter immigration controls and far more domestic surveillance similar to what donald trump has been calling for. pompeo is a harvard law school grad who was actually first in his class at west point university. after he was elected to the house he quickly gained the trust of then speaker john boehner who helped him get key committee assignments usually reserved for more senior members including on energy and commerce and the intelligence committee. he was added to the house committee investigating the 2012 benghazi attacks. on that committee, pompeo was
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