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still_one

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6. I will be pleasantly surprised if any of his nominees are rejected, and thrilled if the HHS, AG, HUD

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 12:38 PM

Jan 2017

SOS, Secretary of Energy, and secretary of Education nominees are rejected

Actually, any nominee who heads a department that they want to destroy should be be rejected.

I don't know if Flynn needs to be confirmed, but he is another dangerous one

However, I hope you're speculation is right, and at least some of the worst are rejected. I am pretty cynical at this stage

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