 On March 5, the Intelligence Committee approved the nomination 12–3.The Senate was set to vote on Brennan's nomination on March 6, 2013.However, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul began a talking Senate filibuster prior to the vote, citing Obama and his administration's use of combat drones against Americans, stating "No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual.