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.”
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