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Democratic support for his nomination was unexpected, given Colby's foreign policy record |
By Emily Jacobs, Marc Rod The Senate voted on Tuesday morning to confirm Elbridge Colby as undersecretary of defense for policy, capping off a nomination process that highlighted fissures in the Republican Party on U.S. policy toward Iran and the Middle East. Ultimately, every Republican other than Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fell in line behind Colby while three Democrats, Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), broke with their party to support Colby. He was confirmed by a 54-45 vote. |
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