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Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA director (trunc)
CNBC ^ | May 17, 2018 | jacob pramuk

Posted on 05/17/2018 1:17:14 PM PDT by centurion316

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's divisive pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. The intelligence veteran will become the next CIA director and the first woman to lead the spy agency, despite concerns about her role at the CIA when it employed the "enhanced interrogation" program that used some tactics broadly considered torture. After controversy surrounding Haspel's qualifications, enough Democrats supported her to secure her confirmation. The chamber confirmed Haspel by a 54 to 45 vote. Six Democrats supported her, while two Republicans voted against her. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who was tortured himself and urged his colleagues to oppose Haspel, was absent while fighting brain cancer.

Trump and top Republicans pressed Senate Democrats to support Haspel. Most did not, even though some of those senators voted to confirm current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to be Trump's first CIA director last year. Democratic Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Bill Nelson of Florida and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to confirm Haspel. Four of those senators — Manchin, Heitkamp, Donnelly and Nelson — face re-election this year in states Trump won in 2016. On the Republican side, McCain's Arizona colleague Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted against Haspel.

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New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, others failed to mentioned those Democrats who voted for confirmation. Noteworthy is that Claire McCaskill did not vote for confirmation. She must believe that she has the fix in place to assure her reelection just like she did in 2012.
1 posted on 05/17/2018 1:17:14 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: centurion316

The lead starts out by damning the pick

I hate the msm


2 posted on 05/17/2018 1:19:15 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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We should thank them for doing so. They are writing for their sanctimonious sycophant followers, the rest of the American people are quite pleased with the pick. They are helping us.


3 posted on 05/17/2018 1:22:07 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: centurion316

Fox called it a “close vote”.


4 posted on 05/17/2018 1:27:32 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: jazminerose

Then Fox gets it wrong again.


5 posted on 05/17/2018 1:36:51 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~)
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To: centurion316

” two Republicans voted against her, John McCain, R-Ariz. who was tortured himself....” LOL the moron IS STILL TORTURING HIMSELF.


6 posted on 05/17/2018 1:44:12 PM PDT by fish hawk (MACA Make America Christian Again)
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To: centurion316

I think I’m inside a Vince Flynn novel...this is great! MAGA!!!


7 posted on 05/17/2018 1:45:37 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Eric Holder works for Facebook now...let that sink in.)
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To: fish hawk

I was never waterboarded, but I have many friends who were. It was part of Survival, Escape, and Evasion training and in Special Operations training. Not pleasant I am told, but not the worst thing that must be done in training. While little Democrat twits are safely tucked away in their soft, warm beds, rough men do those things that they need to do to protect this country.

This issue is political balderdash.


8 posted on 05/17/2018 1:55:33 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: jazminerose

The country is divided about 50-50, all votes that count are close. I call it a WIN.


9 posted on 05/17/2018 1:57:25 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: centurion316

Trump & America - WINNING

McCain [who] urged his colleagues to oppose Haspel - LOSING


10 posted on 05/17/2018 2:02:02 PM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMPIt)
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Shows ya just how much Trump is “anti-female”!!! /sarc

In spite of what are said to be controversies over part of her professional history, they would not have created all the angst they did among the Dims, if Gina was not a female.

The Dims opposed her most of all because she is a woman, as if how dare a GOP president appoint the first female head of the CIA. They do the same thing with all GOP “minority” appointments, in an attempt to manufacture, by their votes, the absence of “minority” persons in GOP administrations. It is done to help their “victim hood” agenda with “minorities”; trying to keep them on the Dim’s plantation.


11 posted on 05/17/2018 2:07:43 PM PDT by Wuli
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If the Democrats were in charge, they would appoint Kamala Harris as Director, CIA.


12 posted on 05/17/2018 2:14:51 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: centurion316

Gina needs to start waterboarding the democrats : )


13 posted on 05/17/2018 2:25:12 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To all the progressive punks who voted against her nomination, I ask if your daughter was kidnapped overseas by Islamic terrorists who will kill her in 24 hours unless certain demands are met, but the CIA had a prisoner with direct knowledge of your daughters location ... would you waterboard the vermin to potentially get lifesaving information or let your daughter be slaughtered?


14 posted on 05/17/2018 2:26:51 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: minnesota_bound

Take that McCain, you demented dolt.

And, oh, I want my $100 back.


15 posted on 05/17/2018 2:26:53 PM PDT by Conserv
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“If the Democrats were in charge, they would appoint Kamala Harris as Director, CIA.”

They love people who have already risen beyond their level of incompetence, IF they have some other “worthy” attribute, like their sex, “race” or ethnicity.


16 posted on 05/17/2018 2:46:14 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: centurion316

Take names ad order more rope.


17 posted on 05/17/2018 2:47:14 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: centurion316

They had to confirm her....cuz Comey approved our interrogation methods including water boarding.


18 posted on 05/17/2018 2:51:26 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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two Republicans voted against her, John McCain, R-Ariz...

How in hell did McLame vote against her? Was he there? Since when do we allow Senators to vote in absentia?

19 posted on 05/17/2018 2:57:35 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea ((I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders))
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To: centurion316

What did she know about Obama and the DOJ/FBI’s conspiracy to overthrow Trump’s presidency and WHEN did she know it?


20 posted on 05/17/2018 3:00:12 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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