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CIA pick Haspel picks up key Dem endorsements ahead of confirmation vote
Fox News ^ | May 15, 2018 | Brooke Singman

Posted on 05/15/2018 12:39:04 PM PDT by jazusamo

President Trump’s pick to lead the CIA Gina Haspel picked up endorsements from key Democrats Tuesday ahead of a confirmation vote expected later this week.

Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., both offered support to Haspel on Tuesday afternoon.

“I’m going to support Gina Haspel’s nomination to be Director of the CIA. I also respect my colleagues who have made a different decision,” Warner said in a statement on Tuesday, acknowledging that his endorsement was a “difficult decision” and citing “valid questions” raised throughout the process about Haspel’s history.

Heitkamp also said she is “planning to vote to confirm” Haspel on Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cia; ginahaspel; haspel; trump

1 posted on 05/15/2018 12:39:04 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

McCain and Paul are against the nomination.


2 posted on 05/15/2018 12:45:45 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

McCain will be a no show.


3 posted on 05/15/2018 12:49:39 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: Parley Baer

Yep, Paul really ticks me off but McLame can’t vote anyway.


4 posted on 05/15/2018 12:49:45 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Joe Donnelly D-IN has also decided to vote for her conformation.


5 posted on 05/15/2018 12:52:01 PM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: jazusamo
My one concern with her is that she has received the whole hearted endorsement of John Brennan. He's a muslim and also the former Obama CIA director who refers to Jerusalem by its muslim name "al-Quds".

I'm thinking, "why is Brennan so glowing about her? What don't we know?".

She seems like the kind of director we need, so it is just curious. It could be a nothing burger.
 

6 posted on 05/15/2018 12:54:32 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Parley Baer

and Joe Manchin D -WV


7 posted on 05/15/2018 12:59:22 PM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

McCain is a Senator in name only. The voters in Arizona have only one Senator.....nutcase, Jeff, the Flake, and he is useless. McCain may as well pass on..he cannot vote one way or the other, because he must physically be in Washington, DC to cast his vote for his vote to be counted. The voters in Arizona must really be fools!!!


8 posted on 05/15/2018 1:01:32 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: jaydubya2

It looks like she’s got it locked up now.


9 posted on 05/15/2018 1:03:00 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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10 posted on 05/15/2018 1:12:48 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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Mcain will not be there Paul is against.

So she starts with 49 Republicans.

Donnely, Heitkamp, Warner and Manchin are Dems who will vote to confirm

That means she is a YES for Confirmation unless someone knows of some Republican squishes out there other then Paul?


11 posted on 05/15/2018 1:16:37 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: jazusamo

Yep, cuz he’s dying


12 posted on 05/15/2018 1:17:33 PM PDT by prov1813man
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To: jazusamo

Good now we can tell McAmnesty Flakey and at least one other GOP puke to GF Themselves.


13 posted on 05/15/2018 1:34:32 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: jazusamo

Paul usually turns at the last moment. He likes to be the last act before the vote. I’d say it’s his MO.


14 posted on 05/15/2018 1:47:56 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Write Paul. He will change mind if the facts are straight.


15 posted on 05/15/2018 2:04:56 PM PDT by Lumper20
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To: jazusamo

Paul would tick me off if he were the deciding factor, but I can’t begrudge him sticking to his principles.


16 posted on 05/15/2018 2:06:20 PM PDT by dangus
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To: Sacajaweau

Yep, the attention getting drama queen has done that on several occasions.


17 posted on 05/15/2018 2:06:55 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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