WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., Donald Trump's pick to head the CIA, told senators at his confirmation hearing Thursday that he would not carry out orders from the White House to use torture, a position that potentially puts him at odds with Trump.

During his campaign last year, Trump repeatedly said he would bring back waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics that the CIA has abandoned.

Pompeo assured members of the Senate Intelligence Committee that he would not restart the CIA's use of secret prisons and brutal interrogation tactics.