On November 18, 2016, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Pompeo to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[28] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 2017, with a vote of 66–32.[29] The sole Republican vote against him came from Rand Paul of Kentucky. He was sworn in on the same night by Vice President Mike Pence. On February 8, 2017 President Trump outlined the 24 members of the Cabinet with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency being newly included.[30][31]