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Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorses Mike Pompeo
Axios ^
| 23 Apr 2018
| Alayna Treene
Posted on 04/23/2018 3:45:40 PM PDT by mandaladon
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted in favor of Mike Pompeo's nomination for Secretary of State 11-9-1 on Monday, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul who flipped from opposing to supporting his nomination.
Why it matters: At one point, it appeared that Pompeo did not have the votes for a favorable recommendation from the committee, which would have marked the first time in nearly 100 years they voted against a Secretary of State nominee. But with the endorsement in tact, Pompeo's nomination is now headed to the Senate floor for a full vote, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ensured a smooth approval.
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: kentucky; mikepompeo; mitchmcconnell; pompeo; randpaul; trump
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A win for POTUS...
To: mandaladon
Pompeo better swiftly unearth all the Hillary papers and turn them over the house committee.
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04/23/2018 3:48:06 PM PDT
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Sedona13
To: mandaladon
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04/23/2018 3:48:40 PM PDT
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caww
To: mandaladon
Good.
Mark Levin was on fire today about this ridiculous obstruction against Pompeo’s confirmation. He lambasted the Democratic party for their unabashed support for a murderer (Kennedy), rapist (Clinton), and a friend of domestic terrorists (Obama) and yet a man with Pompeo’s sterling credentials somehow is deemed unacceptable?
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04/23/2018 3:49:13 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: caww
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04/23/2018 3:50:16 PM PDT
by
aumrl
(let's keep it real Conservatives)
To: fwdude
Especially since they just confirmed him to be head of the CIA a short time ago
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04/23/2018 3:51:09 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
To: mandaladon
The good Senator knows how to maximize his position within the party and, at the same time, garnish the camera time as a player.
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04/23/2018 3:53:06 PM PDT
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Kahuna
To: Kahuna
The good Senator knows how to maximize his position within the party and, at the same time, garnish the camera time as a player. AKA Attention Whore
AKA Drama Queen
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04/23/2018 3:57:12 PM PDT
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onona
To: onona
You take the good with the bad, hombre
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04/23/2018 3:57:53 PM PDT
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onona
To: mandaladon
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posted on
04/23/2018 3:58:52 PM PDT
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jazusamo
(Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
To: onona
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04/23/2018 3:59:40 PM PDT
by
Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: mandaladon
Democrat Coons made the difference.
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04/23/2018 4:04:06 PM PDT
by
onyx
(JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAYsi)
To: Fantasywriter
Yes, much better. Well put.
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04/23/2018 4:07:50 PM PDT
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onona
To: mandaladon
More winning by the non-career politician!
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04/23/2018 4:08:39 PM PDT
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entropy12
(30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is growing EXPONENTIALLY..)
To: mandaladon
Is the floor vote tonight?
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04/23/2018 4:14:46 PM PDT
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hoosiermama
(When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
To: MNJohnnie
Yeah, I read some comment by Diane Feinstein, saying something to the effect that he was okay as CIA director but that the Secretary of State role required more diplomacy than Pompeo exhibited.
Or some such nonsense.
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04/23/2018 4:22:54 PM PDT
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HotHunt
To: onona
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04/23/2018 4:27:55 PM PDT
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Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: mandaladon
Axios gave the numbers but didn't provide details. From MSN:
The committee approved Pompeo's nomination on a party-line vote, with all 11 Republicans backing him, nine Democrats opposed and one Democrat, Chris Coons, voting "present" because of Senate procedural rules.
Senate committee paves way for Pompeo to become top U.S. diplomat
To: mandaladon
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04/23/2018 5:36:16 PM PDT
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familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: mandaladon
In praise I will start calling Rand Paul our “last minute rescuer”.
I never really got why he initially was opposed to Pompeo.
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04/23/2018 5:42:02 PM PDT
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Wuli
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