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Article snippet: The Senate is barreling toward a showdown over MORE’s latest Cabinet shuffle, with three critical departments looking for new leaders and more that could follow. Republicans are preparing for a weeks-long battle as they try to confirm CIA Director MORE to be secretary of State and CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel to succeed him. Haspel’s nomination in particular is controversial, and the GOP has little margin for error given Sen. MORE’s (R-Ky.) opposition to both of Trump’s picks. “I mean that's going to take a lot of floor time,” Sen. MORE (R-S.D.), the No. 3 Senate Republican, told The Hill. “Who knows how long and how much the Democrats are going to want to weigh in with some of those. But it will for sure be time consuming. That's not going away.” Senators will also need to consider Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, to replace MORE as Veterans Affairs secretary. GOP senators have largely remained mum over Jackson’s nomination, which has come under scrutiny given the physician’s lack of experience in running a large bureaucratic organization. “I've never met him, don't know him. And what I do know does suggest that he needs to demonstrate that he has the qualifications, the capabilities despite the lack of experience,” Sen. told NPR. Nominations need just a simple majority to clear the Senate. But with a fragile 51-seat grip on the chamber, Republicans have no room for error. Democrats haven’t signaled if they will unanimously vote against th... Link to the full article to read more