WASHINGTON—A Senate committee endorsed Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of state on Monday, sending him to the full Senate for his expected confirmation, after Sen. Rand Paul reversed himself and withdrew his opposition. The Foreign Relations Committee confirmed Mr. Pompeo along party lines, avoiding an embarrassing defeat for President Donald Trump. All of the panel’s Democrats and Mr. Paul (R., Ky.) had said they would vote against him in the days leading up the vote, raising the spectacle that one of Mr. Trump’s cabinet...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 23, 2018 18:59 UTC