This is extraordinary. The meeting itself, Trump bypassing the State Department, and Pompeo acting as de facto SecState despite awaiting Senate confirmation. All extraordinary.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/world/asia/trump-japan-north-korea-summit-talks.html …
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What's the point of Senate confirmation? If unconfirmed nominees--not recess appointments, not acting secretaries, but nominees--and especially if advisers/family members that aren't subject to Senate hearings can act like cabinet secretaries, then what's the Senate's role?
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Replying to @NGrossman81
I think "try and stop us" is the name of the game.
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Replying to @Reverend_Freako
Yeah... But that's not a good thing
6:37 AM - 18 Apr 2018
from Urbana, IL
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