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Trump Taps Sessions for AG, Pompeo for CIA
President-elect
Donald Trump has tapped
three senior leaders of his national security and law enforcement teams,
choosing Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Representative
Mike
Pompeo as CIA director and General Mike Flynn as national security
adviser, a transition official said on Friday. The transition official, speaking
on condition of anonymity, said the announcements would be made formally on Friday. All three men have ... Read
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House Passes Bill Blocking Sale of Aircraft to Iran
House Republicans voted Thursday
to block
the sale of aircraft to Iran, a move GOP lawmakers and some Democrats
said would protect taxpayer dollars from being used to finance the
export of
airplanes to Tehran. The House voted 243 to 174 to pass legislation
sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., prohibiting the secretary of
the
Treasury from authorizing a transaction from a U.S. bank or financial
institution related to the export of aircraft to Iran. The White House
said it
would veto the bill, as it could be viewed as a violation of the ... Read More
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