Trump’s Latest Staff Choices Reflect Campaign’s Firebrand Theme
- No sign of moderate shift in CIA, attorney general selections
- Choice of Flynn suggests embrace of conflict with Islam
Trump Names Security Team, Sessions for Attorney General
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Anyone who hoped Donald Trump the president would be more moderate than Trump the candidate will find little to like in his latest personnel choices -- each of whom has taken positions that make even fellow Republicans squirm.
The president-elect on Friday said he would nominate Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Representative Mike Pompeo for CIA director, and chose retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn as national security adviser. The three men, all campaign loyalists, lie well outside the conservative mainstream and raise the prospect of contentious confirmation hearings in the Senate.