Today’s Senate hearing with Pompeo framed as start of process on Russia response

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) is framing today’s hearing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as the first step in an orderly process to determine how to respond more forcefully to cyber and other threats from Russia, an issue that has dominated discussions on Capitol Hill since President Trump’s July 16 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The issue continues to be explosive among lawmakers and today’s hearing with Pompeo -- the first availability of a Cabinet-level Trump...