Trump to CIA: ‘You’re going to get so much backing’

By Sarah Bedford

Published January 21, 2017 8:40pm ET

President Trump vowed Saturday to step up support of the CIA in his first public appearance as president since the inaugural ceremonies one day earlier.

“I am so behind you,” Trump told the more than 300 CIA officials who had gathered at the agency’s Virginia headquarters. “And I know sometimes you haven’t gotten the backing that you’ve wanted. And you’re going to get so much backing.”