Mike Pompeo, Confirmed as Secretary of State, Plans to Quickly Head to Europe [View all]
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON The Senate on Thursday easily confirmed Mike Pompeo as the nations 70th secretary of state, elevating the current C.I.A. director and an outspoken foreign policy hawk to be the nations top diplomat.
Mr. Pompeo was expected to be sworn in almost immediately after the vote, after which he planned to dash to Joint Base Andrews, where a plane was waiting to fly him to Brussels on his first trip abroad as secretary of state for a meeting of NATO allies.
His agenda is already packed, with crucial deadlines in the coming weeks involving Russia, North Korea, Syria and Venezuela. And he must face these challenges while trying to a repair a State Department damaged under the tenure of Rex W. Tillerson, his predecessor, and with crucial alliances frayed during the Trump presidency.
Senators were mindful of the need to get Mr. Pompeo in place, given the crush of work facing him. His confirmation seemed all but assured after Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, a Democrat who is running for re-election in a state that Mr. Trump won handily, said last week that she would support him. On Monday, two other moderate Democrats who are also running for re-election in states won by Mr. Trump, Senators Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Joe Donnelly of Indiana, also pledged their support for his nomination.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/politics/mike-pompeo-secretary-of-state.html
Too late. It will take years, perhaps a decade or more.
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