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McConnell opposes Elbridge Colby nomination while three Democrats vote to confirm
Democratic support for his nomination was unexpected, given Colby’s foreign policy record
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Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) (L) welcomes Elbridge Colby, nominee to be under secretary of defense for policy, before his confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2025 in Washington, DC.
The Senate voted on Tuesday morning to confirm Elbridge Colby as undersecretary of defense for policy, capping off a nomination process that highlighted fissures in the Republican Party on U.S. policy toward Iran and the Middle East.
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