WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Rand Paul says he now supports Mike Pompeo as secretary of state.
The Kentucky Republican announced his position after talking with President Donald Trump moments before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was set to consider the nominee. Pompeo hasn't had sufficient support from the panel for a favorable recommendation, but Paul's support could change that outcome.
Paul says on Twitter that after talking with Trump and meeting with the nominee he received assurances that Pompeo believes the Iraq war "was a mistake, that regime change has destabilized the region, and that we must end our involvement with Afghanistan."
With those assurances, the senator says he has "decided to support his nomination to be our next secretary of state."
