Mike Pompeo On Track For Confirmation For Secretary Of State
The CIA director faces a narrow path through a closely divided Senate, but Republicans are confident he has the votes to win confirmation on the floor later this week.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo is on track to make history this week, but probably not in the way his supporters envisioned.
The secretary of state-designate's nomination is unlikely to be favorably recommended out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Monday night because no Democrat on the 11-10 panel supports his nomination, and neither does Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., was the latest committee Democrat to come out , stating concerns on Friday that Pompeo — who Democrats regard as a military hawk — will embolden "President Trump's most belligerent and dangerous instincts."
