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Im George Howell. 5 00 a. M. On the east coast. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Donald trump would say, a huge task of staffing the Trump Administration is at full speed this weekend. Its all happening at trumps resort in bedminster, new jersey. Some of the meetings set for sunday. The former mayor of new york and staunch trump supporter, Rudy Giuliani and new jersey governor, chris christie. Hes still in there somehow. The president elect held marathon meetings saturday as he invites president elect mike pence, interviewed several important people for staff positions and trump and pence met with at least nine people on a wide range of tomorrow ix on Public Education and tax reform to trade and tax research. The two highest were with mitt romney and retired marine corps general james mat tis. Each man spent more than an hour with trump. The two meetings could foreshadow two crucial cabinet picks. There was one clear meeting that everybody wanted to know everything about in bedminster on