Pompeo Poised to Win Confirmation Even If Panel Votes Him Down
- Trump chides ‘obstructionists’ before committee vote Monday
- Manchin, Donnelly pledge to support Pompeo on Senate floor
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Mike Pompeo may fail to win approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next secretary of state. It would be an unprecedented slight, but it probably won’t matter.
With Republican Rand Paul and Democrats on the panel opposed to making the CIA director the top U.S. diplomat, the committee may vote narrowly against President Donald Trump’s nominee on Monday evening. Republican leaders have vowed to bring the nomination before the full Senate, where Pompeo on Monday appeared to lock up enough support to become the 70th secretary of state by week’s end.