Senate votes 57-42 to confirm CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be Trump's second secretary of state

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate votes 57-42 to confirm CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be Trump's second secretary of state. Image copyright Sarah Sanders/Twitter Image caption Mr Pompeo secretly met the North Korea leader in Pyongyang earlier this month

The US Senate has confirmed former CIA director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, ending a tough confirmation battle. The final tally was 57 to 42, with five Democrats and one independent siding with Republicans to approve the current CIA director’s nomination to his new post. The approval comes in time for Mr Pompeo - a former hardline conservative congressman from Kansas - to lead a US delegation to Nato foreign minister talks in Brussels this weekend.
The United States Senate votes 57–42 to confirm former CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State.