Top Senate Democrat Will Vote ‘no’ On Pompeo

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he will oppose President Trump’s nomination of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, “making it unlikely he will have the committee’s backing before the full Senate votes,” Reuters reports. “Pompeo, currently director of the Central Intelligence Agency, can still be confirmed by the full Senate without the committee’s support.

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