Vice President J.D. Vance let Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, have it Tuesday after the former Senate majority leader voted against yet another of President Donald Trump’s nominees.
McConnell was the sole Republican senator to vote against Elbridge Colby, the president’s pick to serve as under secretary of policy at the Defense Department.
In a 54 to 45 vote, the Senate confirmed Colby to the position, with Democrats like Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed of Rhode Island, and Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, backing him.
Reed is a West Point graduate and U.S. Army veteran, while Kelly is a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, and Slotkin served with the CIA in Iraq.
In a Tuesday
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