Brennan Confirmed as CIA Director

The Senate voted 63 to 34 to confirm John Brennan as head of the CIA, Roll Call reports.

“Immediately preceding his confirmation, the Senate voted 81-16 to overcome an attempted filibuster of the nomination. Sixty votes were needed, but that hurdle was easily met when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) dropped his hold on Brennan. Paul did so after Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. acceded to his demand to answer whether the president could order a drone strike against a U.S. citizen on American soil.”