White House Presses Vulnerable Dems on Pompeo Nomination
(WorldNews Iran)

The White House circled the wagons Wednesday around CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s nomination to become secretary of State, arguing vulnerable red-state Democrats will feel “consequences� in November if they vote against him. The Trump administration dispatched Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to argue Pompeo is highly qualified for the top State Department position and to press Democrats running for re-election in states won by President Donald Trump to vote in favor of his nomination. The vote-counting on Pompeo comes amid reports of the CIA director’s secret trip to North Korea to meet with that country’s leader, Kim Jong Un. At his confirmation hearing, Pompeo did...