by Elizabeth Beyer | Apr 27, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate ended the debate over Mike Pompeo’s appointment to Secretary of State and confirmed the nominee and CIA Director in a 57 to 42 vote on Thursday. The support for or against the nominee appeared divided along party lines during the debate,...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly learned that he was being fired when the rest of the country did: the morning of March 13, when the president posted the information to his Twitter account. “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s announcement that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would be leaving his post was just the latest shakeup in a tumultuous 14 months for President Donald Trump’s administration. Tillerson will join more than 30 top officials who have already come...
by Maryam Saleh | Jan 12, 2017 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Protesters from the anti-war group CodePink were the first in line to enter Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson’s confirmation hearing Wednesday – and the first to be ejected. Standing outside the hearing room early this morning, wearing...
