U.S. Senate confirms Paulson for U.S. Treasury

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry Paulson as Treasury secretary, succeeding John Snow.

Snow said last month that he was stepping down after nearly 3-1/2 years at the helm of Treasury. Paulson is a highly regarded Wall Street financier who was courted by the White House to take over the Treasury.

Paulson's nomination faced virtually no opposition as it sped through a Senate Finance Committee nomination on Tuesday and was handily cleared by the full Senate.

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