Menendez Drops Hold on Pompeo Friend for State Department Post
- Bulatao had been Pompeo aide at CIA, knew him from West Point
- Democrats alleged political retributions at State Department
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Democratic Senator Bob Menendez lifted his hold on a vote for a senior State Department nominee after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo agreed to provide documents linked to an investigation of political retribution at the agency.
The move by the New Jersey lawmaker ended a yearlong standoff, letting Brian Bulatao, President Donald Trump’s nominee for undersecretary general for management, win approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday. He now faces a vote by the full Senate, which is expected to approve him quickly.