Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as CIA director

The U.S. Senate yesterday approved Mike Pompeo as director of the CIA.

Following the 66-32 vote, Pompeo was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence.

According to The New York Times, Pompeo will be tasked with overseeing a global spying network at a time of escalating security problems, including with Russia, as well as the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and the terrorism threat posed by the Islamic State.

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