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McConnell votes against Trump’s defense pick, warns of ‘geostrategic self-harm’

  • The Senate confirmed Elbridge Colby as undersecretary of defense for policy in a vote of 54-45, with Sen. Mitch McConnell being the only Republican to oppose him.
  • Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote against Elbridge Colby's confirmation as undersecretary of defense for policy, which passed 54-45.
  • McConnell stated Colby is not the exceptional national security thinker his supporters claim, calling the confirmation 'geostrategic self-harm.'
  • Vice President J.D. Vance criticized McConnell's vote as an act of 'political pettiness' against Trump.
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