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| Senate confirmation blitz includes 16 ambassadors | |
| 2017-11-04 | |
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Senate Republicans cleared 27 Trump appointees on Thursday as part of a confirmation blitz that is expected to last for weeks.
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , Denmark, and Niger, where a deadly Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... ambush left four soldiers dead earlier this month. Lawmakers also confirmed several assistants and under secretaries for the Departments of State and Energy as well as two nominees tapped to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 John- One web resource I use is here: https://diplopundit.net/ He has a review of these appointments. Remember to bring your own grain of salt. . |
| Posted by: OregonGuy 2017-11-04 15:31 |
| #1 Hope these State Dept. officials were all well-vetted and just not more of the same old, same old. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-04 08:05 |