WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, narrowly won approval from a Senate panel on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), paving the way for the CIA director to become America’s top diplomat.
A dramatic last-minute flip by Republican Senator Rand Paul, who for weeks had expressed opposition to Pompeo over his stance on the Iraq war and surveillance issues, gave the spy chief a narrow edge.
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