Article snippet: A Senate panel on Monday voted to give CIA Director MORE (R-Ky.). Pompeo was poised to face a historic setback by becoming the first secretary of State nominee since at least 1925 to fail to win over a majority of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The U-turn on the panel comes after Paul announced minutes before the Foreign Relations Committee meeting that he would support Pompeo’s nomination. He added that the decision came after he had spoken with Trump “several times today. I also met with and spoke to Director Pompeo.” Paul has been under an intense public pressure campaign from both Trump and White House legislative affairs director Marc Short, who predicted earlier Monday that Paul would ultimately come around. But Pompeo's nomination faced another last-minute roadblock. After the committee voted 11-10 to favorably recommend him, Sen. MORE (R-Tenn.), the committee chairman, noted under Senate rules a nomination needs to be able to win over a majority of those present. GOP Sen. 11 p.m., once Isakson was able to return to Washington from a funeral. Instead, Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) — who are up for reelection in states Trump won handedly in 2016 — have said they will support Pompeo once he comes to the Senate floor. “Mike Pompeo will bring a unique perspective to the State Department and is the right person to lead the department to achieve our country’s foreign policy goals. I have had a strong working r... Link to the full article to read more