What Is ‘Border Czar’ Kamala Harris Doing on the Border Crisis?
If you can ‘chew gum and walk at the same time’, now’s the time to start walking
I have previously written about President Biden’s March 24 appointment of Vice President Kamala Harris as the (sort of) “border czar”. The question is, what exactly is she doing? The answer is that it does not seem like she is doing much, as the crisis at the border degrades quickly.
Here are Biden’s exact words:
I’ve asked her, the VP, today because she’s the most qualified person to do it to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help are going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border.
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The letter represents a more pointed rebuke of Biden’s commitment to reenter the deal that former President Trump
“The current sanctions in place provide your Administration with an enormous amount of leverage over the Iranian regime, and they should be used as a tool to address all aspects of Iran’s destabilizing behavior,” the senators wrote.
The Trump administration put in place an estimated 1,500 sanctions following its exit from the deal, reimposing sanctions targeting Iran’s nuclear activities that were lifted as part of the agreement. It levied further sanctions against Iran’s military, financial and oil sectors under the authorities of addressing terrorist activities.
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Republican lawmakers in both the Senate and House made a lot of hires to their offices.
A former top Trump White House staffer lands a job on a Fox daytime program.
Advocacy groups and lobbying firms are also hiring former congressional staffers.
It s Washington, so of course, people are always moving around for new gigs. This week, Fox News landed a high-level alumni of the Trump White House briefing room. Over on Capitol Hill, Republican lawmakers added new people to their teams, including one former Trump staffer who worked in the Department of Labor returning to the House side.
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