3. Priebus, by contrast, had virtually no government experience. Even without the idiotic infighting & lunatic boss, he was doomed to fail.
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4. Kelly knows how to run stuff. Last DoD gig: heading US Southern Command, which is responsible for Latin America & Caribbean.
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5. In that job he worked closely w/Obama's DHS. At his January confirmation hearing, Kelly spoke highly of Obama DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.
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6. He even wanted Johnson’s ex-chief of staff, Christian Marrone, for the #2 spot at DHS!https://www.wsj.com/articles/homeland-security-chief-and-white-house-clash-1485823301 …
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7. The Trump team nixed that & boosted Kris Kobach, who wrote Arizona's anti-immigrant law (& now heads Trump's BS voter-fraud commission).
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8. Kelly resisted and kept Kobach out of DHS. But the White House kept trying to put unqualified fire-breathers in key DHS posts.
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9. Most notably, Kelly fought off efforts to name deranged Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, who’s a verifiable sadist, to a key post.
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10. Yet Kelly himself seemed to drift rightwards, attacking advocates of more discretion in immigration enforcement.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dhs-secretary-kelly-says-congressional-critics-should-shut-up-or-change-laws/2017/04/18/8a2a92b6-2454-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?utm_term=.50e366d8582e …
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11. So what’s next for DHS? Elaine Duke (who got the #2 job over Kobach, and who's eminently sane) will be Acting Secretary.
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12. Trump will likely nominate a replacement in the usual way. A confirmation would require Senate hearings and a vote.
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I guess it's "likely," but, under that scenario, how quickly ~could~ it move, even if they wanted it to move? New one in by, what, November?
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Or maybe October. But Duke would probably not pose much of a policy obstacle during her tenure as acting.
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