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Cabinet picks clash with White House over hiring
The Trump administrations Cabinet picks are finding themselves in a staffing tug-of-war with White House aides.Source: Politico
The White Houses deep involvement in hiring decisions across the government is frustrating some of President Donald Trumps Cabinet secretaries, spurring early tussles between the presidents advisers and leaders of federal agencies.
White House officials have sometimes rejected candidates who have previously criticized the president even if they boast sterling credentials or have the endorsement of top Republicans. And theyve often imposed their choices on agencies, according to more than a dozen people inside and close to the administration.
Many Cabinet nominees joined the administration believing theyd have wide latitude to pick lieutenants, but theyre beginning to realize Trumps powerful advisers are looking over their shoulders. The White Houses approach has already slowed hiring and the dozens of vacancies at key agencies could make it more difficult to implement some of Trump's policy proposals.
So far, Trump has nominated fewer than three dozen of the 550 most important Senate-confirmed jobs, according to an analysis by the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit group that advised Trump officials during the presidential transition.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-cabinet-hiring-clash-235250
What a clusterfuck!
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Cabinet picks clash with White House over hiring (Original Post)
demmiblue
Feb 2017
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)1. OH. MY. GOD. Our Ship of State is rudderless :-(
demmiblue
(36,893 posts)2. But, but... it is running like a well oiled machine.
I can't imagine what would happen if we faced a nationwide crisis.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)5. I'm sure this machine was well oiled as well...
Nitram
(22,890 posts)3. I love it! Slowing down their own administration withoput help from Democrats!
It's beginning to look like the administration will not be fully staffed in time for Trump's inevitable ouster.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)4. Do your job!