NATION : Panel Votes 19-0 to Confirm Baker
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WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, giving an early boost to the incoming Bush Administration, voted 19 to 0 today to recommend that the full Senate confirm James A. Baker III as secretary of state.
The full Senate will act on the nomination later, probably next Wednesday. Today’s committee vote followed two days of hearings in which Baker fielded questions on problem areas around the world and dealt comfortably with foreign policy issues ranging from the momentous to the obscure. Virtually every member of the committee praised Baker’s performance, applauded his appointment by Bush and said his confirmation was assured.
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