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Senate Dems: Pompeo faces ‘rigorous confirmation process’ for secretary of state

By Joel Gehrke
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Senate Dems: Pompeo faces ‘rigorous confirmation process’ for secretary of state

President Trump’s decision to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confronts CIA Director Mike Pompeo with a “rigorous confirmation process,” Senate Democrats warned.

“Director Pompeo has served his country in multiple capacities, and I look forward to a rigorous confirmation process to consider his nomination,” New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday.

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