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VP Vance blasts McConnell's vote against Trump Pentagon nominee: 'Political pettiness'
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Vice President JD Vance described Sen. Mitch McConnell's vote against confirming Elbridge Colby to undersecretary of defense for policy "one of the great acts of political pettiness I’ve ever seen."
Colby was confirmed in a 54-45 vote on Tuesday. McConnell was the only Senate Republican to vote against confirmation, while three Democrats voted in Colby's favor. Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump announced Colby as his pick for the Pentagon post when he was the president-elect.
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