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Human rights groups are lamenting the Senate confirmation of Gina Haspel to be CIA director because of her direct involvement in the spy agency's harsh detention and interrogation program. Raha Wala at Human Rights First says the Senate's decision on Thursday to confirm her was unwise.
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.
Sen. John McCain, who continues his brave battle with brain cancer, wished his wife Cindy a happy 37th wedding anniversary on Thursday. In a heartwarming note posted on Twitter, the 81-year-old Arizona Republican gushed: "Happy 37th anniversary to my love @cindymccain - time flies when you're having fun!" And Cindy posted her own salute to the anniversary, saying on Twitter: "What a great life we've had.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency's past use of waterboarding and other brutal interrogation techniques. Haspel, who will be the first woman director of the CIA, is a 33-year veteran at the agency currently serving as its acting director.
The political schism in the Democratic Party is playing out in the confirmation vote for Gina Haspel as CIA director, as support from red-state senators facing re-election bumps up against a more liberal flank eyeing potential 2020 presidential bids and rejecting the nominee over the agency's clouded history of torture. Haspel's confirmation became all but certain with a favorable 10-5 vote Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The political schism in the Democratic Party is playing out in the confirmation vote for Gina Haspel as CIA director, as support from red-state senators facing re-election bumps up against a more liberal flank eyeing potential 2020 presidential bids and rejecting the nominee over the agency's clouded history of torture. Haspel's confirmation became all but certain with a favorable 10-5 vote Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The Senate Intelligence Committee moved Wednesday to recommend Gina Haspel for CIA director, setting up a floor vote that her opponents say will signal to the world whether the United States condemns or condones torture. With two of 51 Republicans committed to voting against Haspel, and five Democrats already indicating they will support her, it appears she is set to become the agency's first female director.
Senate Democrats say they have the votes to formally disapprove of FCC's Internet policy that will take effect next month. Here, supporters of net neutrality protest the decision to repeal the Obama-era rule.
In 1995, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act, which basically ordered the relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem on the pain of withholding funding. The only "out" was the president's ability to sign a six-month waiver, which has occurred over three dozen times since its passage.
Last fall, when President Donald Trump headed to Capitol Hill for the Senate Republican lunch, he was feuding with the powerful chair of the foreign relations panel and tweeted that the man couldn't get elected dog catcher. Now Trump is headed to the weekly GOP lunch embroiled in a controversy over an aide's comment disparaging ailing GOP Sen. John McCain, and the Senate GOP leadership is telling Trump it's past time for an apology from the White House.
Donald Trump has condemned West Wing leakers as "traitors and cowards" as a dispute over a White House aide's crass remark about senator John McCain extended into a fifth day. The president tweeted that the "leaks coming out of the White House are a massive over exaggeration put out by the Fake News Media in order to make us look as bad as possible".
CIA nominee Gina Haspel is seated before a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 9, 2018 in Washington. CIA nominee Gina Haspel is seated before a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 9, 2018 in Washington.
On Monday's taping of The View, Meghan McCain rejected the excuse that a White House communication staffer's joke about her father's battle with brain cancer should never have been made public. Kelly Sadler, a communications aide in President Trump's administration, reportedly said during a meeting Thursday that Sen. John McCain's opposition to CIA nominee Gina Haspel "doesn't matter" because "he's dying anyway."
Conservative commentator and American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp referred to Kelly Sadler as "a little bit of a victim" during an interview on CNN about the White House aide's comments, first reported by The Hill, mocking Sen. John Sidney McCain GOP senator calls on White House aide to apologize for McCain remark Meghan McCain says she's still awaiting public apology for comments about father Former McCain, Graham aide hired to assist pro-Russia party in Latvia MORE 's deteriorating health during a staff meeting. "Kelly is my friend.
Mouaz Moustafa , the executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, is shown with Sen. John McCain as they visit Syrian rebels in May 2013. Moustafa says his "letters of hope" effort was meant to show the people of war-torn Syria "that they have not been forgotten."
Among recent pilgrims to the Arizona ranch of Senator John McCain was Joe Biden. The Republican, who has an aggressive form of brain cancer, urged the former vice-president to "not walk away" from politics, Biden told the New York Times.
Astonishing moment an off-duty military cop walking with her young daughter shoots and KILLS an armed robber outside a busy Brazilian school - and is later recognized for her bravery Kelly Sadler promises to publicly apologize for John McCain jokes, after Sarah Sanders said the remarks were 'inappropriate' and fumed at staff over the leak Stormy's lawyer tweets Trump Tower images of Michael Cohen and Mike Flynn from 2016 and asks why they met Qatari investor who according to a court claim once boasted Flynn 'took our money' 'It's just possible we might pull off a historic undertaking': Pompeo says U.S. is not 'remotely close' to a deal with North Korea - and it all comes down to Trump's meeting with Kim 'I was an 11-year-old sex slave, forced to sleep with a married couple': Survivor of the Children of God cult reveals years of horrific abuse as she was shipped from country to country, ... (more)
Astonishing moment an off-duty military cop walking with her young daughter shoots and KILLS an armed robber outside a busy Brazilian school - and is later recognized for her bravery Kelly Sadler promises to publicly apologize for John McCain jokes, after Sarah Sanders said the remarks were 'inappropriate' and fumed at staff over the leak Stormy's lawyer tweets Trump Tower images of Michael Cohen and Mike Flynn from 2016 and asks why they met Qatari investor who according to a court claim once boasted Flynn 'took our money' 'It's just possible we might pull off a historic undertaking': Pompeo says U.S. is not 'remotely close' to a deal with North Korea - and it all comes down to Trump's meeting with Kim 'I was an 11-year-old sex slave, forced to sleep with a married couple': Survivor of the Children of God cult reveals years of horrific abuse as she was shipped from country to country, ... (more)
Astonishing moment an off-duty military cop walking with her young daughter shoots and KILLS an armed robber outside a busy Brazilian school - and is later recognized for her bravery Kelly Sadler promises to publicly apologize for John McCain jokes, after Sarah Sanders said the remarks were 'inappropriate' and fumed at staff over the leak Stormy's lawyer tweets Trump Tower images of Michael Cohen and Mike Flynn from 2016 and asks why they met Qatari investor who according to a court claim once boasted Flynn 'took our money' 'It's just possible we might pull off a historic undertaking': Pompeo says U.S. is not 'remotely close' to a deal with North Korea - and it all comes down to Trump's meeting with Kim 'I was an 11-year-old sex slave, forced to sleep with a married couple': Survivor of the Children of God cult reveals years of horrific abuse as she was shipped from country to country, ... (more)