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Watching for ‘Big Daddy’ at Mar-a-Lago
3 weeks ago

Watching for ‘Big Daddy’ at Mar-a-Lago

Politico  

Watching for ‘Big Daddy’ at Mar-a-Lago Presented by Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the preparations, personnel decisions and policy deliberations of Donald Trump’s transition. He should be back — it’s 2 o’clock, so within the next two hours he should be back, and then I’ll go home.” Macchia, who flies a pair of navy blue “Trump …

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Trump’s Jan. 20 diary
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump’s Jan. 20 diary

Politico  

Trump’s Jan. 20 diary Presented by Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the preparations, personnel decisions and policy deliberations of Donald Trump’s transition. On energy, he said he would end offshore wind projects on Day One, kill the Biden administration’s “electric vehicle mandate” and approve a rash of new drilling and pipeline projects. His health care related …

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How Senate’s approval for his bold nominations is another challenge for Trump
1 month ago

How Senate’s approval for his bold nominations is another challenge for Trump

Firstpost  

The Grand Old Party’s majority is so thin that any four Republican senators would be enough to sink any of Trump’s nominees, and there are at least nine senators who cannot see eye to eye It has been barely a fortnight since Donald Trump became president-elect, ten days of the Republican Party flipping the Senate, and less than a week …

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Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s Defense pick reignites the debate
1 month ago

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s Defense pick reignites the debate

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines? Duckworth, who flew combat missions in Iraq and lost both legs when her helicopter was hit, added, “It just shows how out of touch he is …

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‘The least qualified nominee in American history’: Why Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense
1 month ago

‘The least qualified nominee in American history’: Why Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense

The Independent  

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Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites the debate
1 month ago

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites the debate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines? Here’s a look at the number of women in select military combat roles Navy Special Warfare combat crew: 2 Serving in Army infantry, armor …

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‘The least qualified nominee in American history’: Why Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense
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1 month, 1 week ago

‘The least qualified nominee in American history’: Why Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense

The Independent  

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Trump’s defense secretary pick said women should not be in combat roles and veterans are worried
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s defense secretary pick said women should not be in combat roles and veterans are worried

CNN  

CNN — When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. … We’ve all served with women, and they’re great,” Hegseth said last week on “The Shawn Ryan Show.” “But our institutions don’t have to incentivize that in places where, traditionally — not traditionally, over human history — men …

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