November 25, 2024

Trump chooses cabinet positions

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President-elect Donald Trump has quickly chosen the people he would like to serve in his second administration.

He’s named someone for every position in the cabinet.

One of President-elect Trump’s nominees had to withdraw: former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz for attorney general.

He was replaced by Pam Bondi, former attorney general of Florida and a member of Trump’s legal team during his impeachment trial.

The U.S. Senate will have to confirm many of Trump’s nominees.

Over the weekend President-elect Trump tapped attorney Brooke Rollins to serve as Agriculture Secretary and former White House aide and NFL player, Scott Turner, for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

 “President Trump has made wonderful choices for his cabinet,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).

Senate Republicans, who will have to vote on them, have praised most of Trump’s picks.

“You really need reformers at the head of these agencies,” said Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.).

While Democrats have raised questions about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.  A woman told police he sexually assaulted her in 2017.

Hegseth was not charged with a crime.

“If you go back and you read the report, there was two eyewitnesses that said that she was being the aggressor, Pete wasn’t even flirting with her,” said Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).

Hegseth’s comments arguing women shouldn’t serve with men in the military drew criticism from Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, a combat veteran.

“Our military could not go to war without its 223,000 women who serve in uniform,” said Duckworth.

Senators from both parties say they want to know why Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, met with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad while she was a member of Congress.

“She met with Bashar Assad, we’ll want to know what the purpose for that was. And what the direction for that was,” said Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.).

In the next Congress Republicans will control the Senate with 53 seats meaning with a party-line vote four Republicans voting against a nominee would defeat them.

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