President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet hearings continue Thursday with secretary of defense nominee James Mattis, secretary of housing and urban development nominee Ben Carson, and CIA director nominee Mike Pompeo. WATCH LIVE SENATE QUESTIONS TRUMP’S PICKS CIA CHIEF, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE & SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT < ----- While Rep. Pompeo (R-Kan.), a member of the House intelligence committee, is expected to face friendly questioners Thursday morning, if confirmed, he would be responsible for the daunting task of mending relations between Trump and the U.S. intelligence community, which Trump has repeatedly dismissed and discredited. Pompeo has supported controversial measures in the past, such as waterboarding, and called for increased government surveillance in the face of terrorism. He has also been a critic of President Barack Obama’s Iran deal, warning that it is “empowering an Iranian regime that is intent on destroying America.”