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Mike Pompeo Confirmed As Secretary Of State
Hot Air ^ | 26 Apr 2018

Posted on 04/26/2018 10:08:00 AM PDT by mandaladon

The split vote represents the political scrutiny Pompeo is likely to encounter as he moves from the CIA to the State Department, where he’ll face the simultaneous challenges of reinvigorating an agency beset by flagging morale and answering for a president who is prone to impulsiveness.

Pompeo, who grew close to President Trump as his CIA director, takes over at State as the United States faces a host of foreign policy challenges. Near term, a deadline looms for extending the Iran nuclear deal and for Trump’s historic denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; pompeo; pompeoconfirmed; sospompeo; trump; trumpcabinet
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1 posted on 04/26/2018 10:08:00 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

I’m sorry Keith Olbermann is off the air. I would really enjoy watching his head explode this evening.


2 posted on 04/26/2018 10:08:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mandaladon

Good deal.


3 posted on 04/26/2018 10:09:46 AM PDT by boycott
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To: mandaladon

Good!


4 posted on 04/26/2018 10:11:41 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: mandaladon

Hey that Mitch McConnell really went to bat for Trump didn’t he?

s/o


5 posted on 04/26/2018 10:11:58 AM PDT by relictele
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To: mandaladon

57-42

Present Republicans approved Pompeo. In addition, independent Sen. Angus King of Maine had also announced his support as have several Democrats: Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Doug Jones of Alabama, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, and Joe Donnelly of Indiana.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/politics/mike-pompeo-senate-confirmation-vote-richard-grenell/index.html


6 posted on 04/26/2018 10:12:00 AM PDT by DFG
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To: mandaladon

Now, who to C_A?.......................


7 posted on 04/26/2018 10:12:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: mandaladon

But the $64,000 question is:

Did Rand Paul vote for him???

Inquiring minds want to know!


8 posted on 04/26/2018 10:13:03 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: mandaladon
Good.

May God grant him the strength and wisdom to clean house in that den of iniquity.

9 posted on 04/26/2018 10:13:29 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: rjsimmon

Yes...he did


10 posted on 04/26/2018 10:14:26 AM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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To: mandaladon

great! now... find hilLIARy’s emails, and fire anyone who prevented them from being found.


11 posted on 04/26/2018 10:14:51 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: mandaladon

So, what was the number of those who said YES, vs those who said NO?


12 posted on 04/26/2018 10:15:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: mandaladon

Vote totals for and against?


13 posted on 04/26/2018 10:16:01 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: mandaladon

IGNORE MY QUESTION, It was 57-42


14 posted on 04/26/2018 10:16:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: DoodleDawg

57-42 as per Post #6


15 posted on 04/26/2018 10:17:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Red Badger

Now, who to C_A?.......................


I thought it was Gina Haspel


16 posted on 04/26/2018 10:17:56 AM PDT by Flick Lives (F*ck the FBI)
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To: mandaladon

Good


17 posted on 04/26/2018 10:19:05 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: Flick Lives

I don’t know.................


18 posted on 04/26/2018 10:19:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: DFG

All states that Trump won..they did it because they want to be re-elected


19 posted on 04/26/2018 10:20:21 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: mandaladon

“... an agency beset by flagging morale and answering for a president who is prone to impulsiveness. “

Impulsive like a fox. They just can’t leave off, can they?

How about an agency beset by flagging morale because their natural habitat, the swamp, is getting drained.


20 posted on 04/26/2018 10:20:24 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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