The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has voted to move forward with John Ratcliffe’s nomination to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The select committee voted 14–3 in a closed hearing on Jan. 20 to recommend that the Senate take a full vote to confirm Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe could become the second of President Donald Trump’s appointees to be confirmed, following the approval of Marco Rubio for Secretary of State in a 99–0 vote on Jan. 20. Committee chair Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and vice chair Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) urged the Senate to take up Ratcliffe’s nomination with haste following the committee’s approval….