Reports: Senate To Delay Hearing For CIA Pick Pompeo By One Day

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., attends a House Select Committee on Benghazi in Longworth Building featuring testimony by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, October 22 2015. The 2012 att... UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., attends a House Select Committee on Benghazi in Longworth Building featuring testimony by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, October 22 2015. The 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, took the lives of four Americans including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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The Senate Intelligence Committee will delay the confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) from Wednesday to Thursday this week, the Washington Post reported early Tuesday morning, citing unnamed Senate aides.

NBC News also confirmed that the committee will postpone Pompeo’s hearing by one day, citing a Senate aide.

The delay in Pompeo’s hearing comes after the announcement that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions would delay the hearing to confirm Trump’s education secretary nominee Betsy Devos from Wednesday until next week.

Democrats have called on Republicans to delay confirmation hearings for Trump’s nominees until after the Office of Government Ethics has completed its reviews of the nominees. DeVos’ report has not yet been completed. Senate Democrats have also criticized Republicans for packing several confirmation hearings into one day — Republicans initially scheduled five hearings for Wednesday, but have now whittled that number down to three.

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  1. Vlad the Impaler expressed concerns to Colonial Governor Trump about this one saying some bad things in the past about the Motherland. He’s being put in the gulag for a day.

    But, don’t worry; Pompeo will be rehabilitated in jiffy — he as soon as he takes his vows of allegiance to Federation.

  2. In that spirit, i’d like to know where one goes to get an Asian baby prop for a confirmation hearing? I guess maybe they ran out of black baby props?

  3. Of all the cra-cra Trumpian cabinet picks shouldn’t this guy be the easiest to have his paperwork and background checks done?

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