Senate Confirms Pompeo as Trump’s Secretary of State
- Lawmakers act after weeks of discord over U.S. diplomacy
- Pompeo is more closely allied with Trump than his predecessor
Mike Pompeo Confirmed As Secretary of State
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The U.S. Senate confirmed CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state after weeks of heated debate that was as much about growing discord over the Trump administration’s handling of diplomacy as it was about the nominee himself.
The 57-42 vote came after Pompeo lost the support of many Democrats who backed him last year for CIA chief, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. Still, GOP backers were joined by seven members of the Democratic caucus, most of them from Republican-leaning states such as Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota.