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Trump on par with past presidents in timeline for Cabinet picks

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Trump on par with past presidents in timeline for Cabinet picks | Fox News

Despite the tough coverage of Donald Trump’s transition scramble, the president-elect could be in a position to name key Cabinet members far earlier than most of his predecessors.

Since 1968, George H.W. Bush was the only president-elect to announce Cabinet nominees within the first two weeks of the election.
Trump has yet to name a key Cabinet official, but the vetting and speculation has reached a fever pitch as top contenders stream in and out of Trump Tower in New York City. Several names already have surfaced as potential candidates for the secretaries of State, Defense and Treasury -- three of the most coveted posts.
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David Axelrod agrees with me, that crybabies who've complained the Trump is working fast enough, can stop crying now.
 
The media will coordinate a constant effort to nitpick everything. They are counting on Trump's reactive nature. He has to learn to stop stepping in every bear trap they set for him.

The media is the DNC's most useful weapon. He needs to just ignore it.
 
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Of course naming cabinet positions quickly could also mean he's really not giving them much consideration.

I am wondering why in hell he's looking a Giuliani for Secy of State. There's nothing in Guiliani's resume that suggests he's a diplomat or has any real foreign affairs experience. Having lived in NYC when he was mayor - a job that generally calls more for bare-knuckles than words - I can attest to the fact that he isn't a diplomat. I would have guessed him much better as the AG.
 
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Of course naming cabinet positions quickly could also mean he's really not giving them much consideration.

I am wondering why in hell he's looking a Giuliani for Secy of State. There's nothing in Guiliani's resume that suggests he's a diplomat or has any real foreign affairs experience. Having lived in NYC when he was mayor - a job that generally calls more for bare-knuckles than words - I can attest to the fact that he isn't a diplomat. I would have guessed him much better as the AG.
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well the two jobs are pretty interchangæble.
 
Remember how the Treasury Department was so unstaffed in 2009 that people overseas were complaining that they couldn't get anyone on a phone?

Critics see understaffed, overwhelmed Treasury - Business - Stocks & economy - Economy at a Crossroads | NBC News


Critics say part of the problem is that Geithner is flying solo: Not one of his top 17 deputies has been named, let alone confirmed. And without senior leadership, lower-level Treasury employees can't make decisions or represent the government in crucial conversations with banks and others.
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