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US Senate confirms Kash Patel for a 10-year term to lead the FBI

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Kash Patel appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 30 to discuss his nomination [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

The United States Senate has voted to confirm former federal prosecutor Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), continuing a streak of success for President Donald Trump’s government nominees.

But Thursday’s confirmation came by slim margins. Only 51 senators, all Republican, voted in favour of Patel in the 100-seat Senate.

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