Photo: ReutersUS President-elect Donald Trump picked three conservative loyalists to lead his national security and law enforcement teams on Friday, underscoring his campaign promise to take a hard line confronting Islamist militancy and curbing illegal immigration. Trump picked Representative Mike Pompeo, a vocal critic of the Obama administration's security policy, as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. A former Alabama attorney general and US attorney, Sessions (69) has been in the Senate for 19 years. The attorney general acts as the country's chief law enforcement officer and head of the Justice Department. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he strongly supported Sessions for attorney general, calling him "principled, forthright, and hardworking."

Source: Otago Daily Times November 18, 2016 20:18 UTC