Finally, after Chuck Schumer purposely delayed the confirmation of Mike Pompeo as the new CIA director, he finally got confirmed in the Senate. Over 30 Democrats voted against Pompeo who still easily passed the 50 vote threshold. Mike Pence then swore in Mike Pompeo and Schumer’s stunt damages the Democrat more than it did Pompeo.
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Vice President Mike Pence swears-in CIA Director Mike Pompeo at the White House with his wife Susan Pompeo looking on. @VP pic.twitter.com/ejO5Hga5X0
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) January 24, 2017
With the swearing in of Pompeo, it finally ends to politicization of the CIA that Muslim convert John Brennan had brought to the CIA.