DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Senate voted largely along party lines to approve Elbridge Colby’s nomination to serve as the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy Tuesday afternoon.
Senators voted 54 to 45 to confirm Colby with former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky the lone Republican to vote “no” on the nomination. Colby’s successful confirmation vote comes after reporting that Senate defense hawks were mobilizing behind the scenes to tank Colby’s nomination, citing concerns over his past statements on Iran.
Democrat Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, and Jack Reed of Rhode Island—the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee—notably joined with Senate Republicans to support Colby’s nomination.
McConnell, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy…
