President Trump’s CIA nominee Gina Haspel is “100 percent” committed to enduring what is likely to be a grueling confirmation process, a senior White House official said Monday amid reports that she offered to withdraw her nomination.
White House legislative affairs director Marc Short met with Haspel last Friday to discuss the spy agency’s worries about her appearance this week before the Senate Intelligence Committee, during which she’s expected to be grilled on her involvement in the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program following Sept. 11.
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