vest. but he hasn t in any way indicated that he would vote no. most of what we heard from him over the last couple of days is he has had some additional questions to be answered but with this last tweet from rand paul in which he says having received assurances from president trump and director pompeo that he agrees with the president on these important issues, in this case talking about what he believes the u.s. role should be in iraq and afghanistan. he has decided to support his nomination to be secretary of state. so, katy, what was a ran paul siding with the democrats, potentially causing an embarrassment here, although not a stop to pompeo, this would have essentially made pompeo the answer to a trivia question 20 years from now, somebody who didn t get a favorable recommendation but did get a vote on the senate floor. now he will squeak by with a favorable nomination. let s be clear. what were rand paul s concerns?