In an opinion piece for Newsweek, Pompeo said, "...to meet the challenges (foreign policy) posed by the CCP's expansive ambitions and Iran-backed terrorism, we should follow the example set by our farsighted predecessors. That's why I've directed the State Department to ramp up critical-language study, beginning with Mandarin but also encompassing other critical languages such as Russian, Hindi, Arabic and Farsi." from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/37gb6eI