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CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies May 9 during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. On a 54-45 vote that split both parties, the Senate on Thursday confirmed her as the first female director of the CIA.
The Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday as the first female director of the CIA following a difficult nomination process that reopened an emotional debate about brutal interrogation techniques in one of the darkest chapters in the spy agency's history. The 54-45 vote split both parties, with six Democrats joining most Republicans in support.
When Mike Pompeo was confirmed by the Senate last month for secretary of state, he received just 57 votes as only six Democrats supported him. For example, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has voted for only two of the nominees and was the only senator to oppose the confirmation of Jim Mattis for secretary of defense.
North Korea has announced it will hold a ceremony in late May for the dismantling of its nuclear test site. The country's central news agency said tunnels will be collapsed with explosions, blocking entrances, while observation facilities, research buildings and security posts will be closed.
Trump, Kim meeting set Fear of Islam must not drive US foreign policy Pence: One of the detainees said he hadn't seen daylight 'in a very long time' MORE has hit the ground running in his first weeks atop the State Department, drawing a stark contrast with his predecessor by taking a decidedly public approach to his role as chief diplomat.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is moving immediately to fill vacant senior positions at the State Department, a task so large it has the feel of a "presidential transition" as opposed to a hand-off from one member of President Trump's Cabinet to another, according to Republican foreign policy experts. "That is true in the sense that there's so many vacancies," Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Elliot Abrams told the Washington Examiner.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, April 29, 2018. Photo - Reuters US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, April 29, 2018.
New US secretary of state lands in Riyadh before heading for Israel, where discussions are expected to focus on Trump's plans for the nuclear deal US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a press conference during a NATO Foreign ministers' meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 27, 2018 Mike Pompeo, Washington's newly appointed secretary of state, is set to fly to Israel Sunday, where he will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in talks likely to focus on US President Donald Trump's plans for the Iran nuclear deal.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday, April 27, 2018. After making his diplomatic debut in Brussels at the NATO foreign ministers meeting, new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins a swing through the Middle East Saturday.
Mike Pompeo took over as America's top diplomat Thursday after being confirmed by the Senate and sworn in across the street minutes later. The new secretary of state immediately dashed off to Europe in an energetic start befitting the high-stakes issues awaiting him from Iran to North Korea.
New U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a powerful signal to NATO allies, traveling to Brussels for Friday's ministerial meeting just hours after being confirmed. "I hopped straight on a plane and came straight here," Pompeo told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Australia's foreign minister says new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told her appointing an ambassador to Australia is "one of his highest priorities." Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters Pompeo phoned her during a flight to a NATO meeting within hours of being confirmed in his new role.
The Senate narrowly confirmed Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state on Thursday, clearing the path for him to take over as the top U.S. diplomat just as President Donald Trump faces high-risk moments on Iran and North Korea. Pompeo, the outgoing CIA director, secured support from 57 senators, with 42 voting no - one of the slimmest margins for the job in recent history.
Six Democrats and one independent voted to confirm former CIA director Mike Pompeo as the 70th US secretary of state - and the second to serve under President Donald Trump. Despite objections from dozens of Democrats who have expressed concern about his record of hawkish foreign policy positions and controversial comments about Muslims , the Republican-controlled Senate narrowly voted 57 to 42 to approve Pompeo as the nation's top diplomat.
'It would be unfair to simply call Mike Pompeo a raging Islamophobe, because he's also a raging homophobe,' the 'Full Frontal' host said. "I guess Logan Paul and the 'Cash Me Outside' girl were busy?" Bee asked of this "typical" Trump nominee, who has the support of every Republican but just a handful of Democrats in the Senate.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is hugged by Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., on April 23, 2018, in gratitude for Coons's ending a tie vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's consideration of the nomination of Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state. less Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is hugged by Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., on April 23, 2018, in gratitude for Coons's ending a tie vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's consideration of the nomination of ... more WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans, frustrated with Democrats' stalling tactics, begin their effort Wednesday to streamline the process for confirming presidential nominees, particularly those below Cabinet level and in low-level posts on the federal judiciary.
A U.S. Senate committee approved the nomination of President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Monday after a Republican senator who had been opposed threw his support behind the CIA director in the face of party pressure. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination on a party-line vote, with all 11 Republicans backing him, nine Democrats opposed and one Democrat, Chris Coons, voting "present" because one Republican was at a funeral out of town.
Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, avoided a rare rebuke Monday as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee narrowly recommended him, but the vote served as a warning shot to the White House as nominees to lead the CIA and Veterans Affairs are hitting stiff resistance. Pompeo, who's now CIA director, received the panel's approval only after Trump's last-minute overtures to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
In this Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, a family reunites following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A commission tasked with investigating government actions surrounding the Florida high school massacre and the state's other mass shootings is set to hold its first meeting, Tuesday, April 24. A commission tasked with investigating government actions surrounding the Florida high school massacre and the state's other mass shootings is set to hold its first meeting.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved CIA Director Mike Pompeo as secretary of State on party lines Monday after a Republican holdout changed his mind at the last minute, avoiding an embarrassing defeat for President Donald Trump. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky had vowed to oppose Pompeo, but Paul tweeted shortly before the vote that after speaking repeatedly to the nominee and Trump he was convinced Pompeo now agreed with the president that "the Iraq war was a mistake and it is time to leave Afghanistan," two of the congressman's key concerns.