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Mitch McConnell voted against Trump’s pick to serve as undersecretary of policy at the Defense Department, Elbridge Colby.
Colby was confirmed by a 54-45 vote.
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday voted against Elbridge Colby, President Trump’s pick to serve as under secretary of policy at the Defense Department, warning of “geostrategic self-harm” if the U.S. followed through on Colby’s priorities.
McConnell, in a statement explaining his vote, took issue with Colby’s past statements arguing that the United States should pivot its national security focus away from Europe and the Middle East and toward the Indo-Pacific.
“The prioritization that Mr. Colby
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