“Many of the office suites reserved for top civilian positions at the Pentagon sit empty or have temporary fill-ins while Defense Secretary James N. Mattis worries about North Korea and Iran.
Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin lacks appointed loyalists in any of the top 17 spots below him as he writes the nation’s byzantine tax code.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson similarly relies on a skeletal staff to conduct global diplomacy, with dozens of jobs open.
And in the White House, Trump still depends on a communications director who resigned last month – because he hasn’t found a replacement
More than four months after taking office, the president who built his brand telling people ‘You’re fired’! is having a hard time staffing up.”*
(Ladies and gentlemen, the Trump Administration.)
BILL
Source: Monday, 6/5/17 Los Angeles Times
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