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NYT: Amid Concerns over Loyalty, Trump Struggles to Fill White House Posts

HeadlineFeb 20, 2017

Trump’s search for Flynn’s replacement comes as the White House remains dramatically understaffed. A New York Times investigation reports Trump has struggled not only to fill his Cabinet—with six members still unconfirmed—but also to fill the important positions of deputy secretary, under secretaries and assistant secretaries for most agencies. The Times reports one of the key barriers is that Trump has been vetoing new people—and even firing existing officials—who have been at all critical of him. On Friday, for example, Craig Deare, the recently appointed head of the National Security Council’s Western Hemisphere division, was fired and marched out of his office, less than 24 hours after Deare criticized Trump’s policies on Latin America during a private talk at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Deare’s firing is in addition to six top officials within the State Department who have been fired recently over concerns about loyalty.

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