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Senate confirms Rep. Mike Pompeo as CIA director, completing Trump's national security team

The Senate voted 66-32 Monday to confirm Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas as CIA director despite critics' concerns that he has offered conflicting statements about whether he would expand government surveillance of Americans and bring back torture as an interrogation technique. His confirmation completes President Trump's national security team. Defense Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly were confirmed Friday. Ref. USAToday

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CIA Fears Trump's Chief 'Can't Resist the Impulse to be Political' By Steve Benen. The president's CIA chief is "Perhaps the most openly political spy chief in a generation. Source 9r.

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Wow, I totally believe that this is real news and not made up at all. I'm sure all these unnamed sources have been well vetted and the news isn't reporting this just to make President Trump look bad, because they would never do that. I have no doubt that this is all true because of how well the newspapers have been covering the fact that the last administration actually disclosed highly sensitive classified information about American citizens which is against the law in so many ways. I mean, that is all over the news right?

Did anyone catch the sarcasm of what I wrote? If not I can edit it to up the sarcasm octane.

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Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as Trump's second secretary of state.
Senate confirms Pompeo as Trump's 2nd secretary of state

The Senate approved Mike Pompeo's nomination as the next secretary of state on Thursday, installing the former CIA Director as the nation's top diplomat at a time when several high stakes negotiations are underway around the globe. The vote was 57-42. Ref. CNN.

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Other nations are not going to 'open up' to someone who was once head of the CIA.