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Watch: Senate Votes to Confirm Pompeo as Top Diplomat

By Bian Elkhatib
Posted April 26, 2018 at 7:38pm

By Bian Elkhatib

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The Senate on Thursday voted 57-42 to approve President Donald Trump’s nomination of Mike Pompeo, currently CIA director, to be secretary of State.

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