Senate confirms slate of State Department nominees as Tubervilleās military hold remains
By Morgan Rimmer, Kristin Wilson and Clare Foran, CNN
Updated 7:08 PM EDT, Fri July 28, 2023
(CNN) - The Senate confirmed a slate of high-profile State Department nominees late Thursday night, including ambassadors to Italy, Jordan, Georgia, the United Arab Emirates, Niger, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
The confirmations came after Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky told CNN earlier in the evening that he was close to a deal with the State Department to release holds on nominees in exchange for records on the origins of COVID.
There was no resolution, however, to an ongoing impasse over military nominations as Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama maintains holds in protest over a Pentagon abortion policy.
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