Holding people responsible is no waste of time
By Bill Knight
Sixty-four years ago this week, Illinois’ Argonne National Laboratory activated the first nuclear power generating system, and now energy of another sort is about to start in Washington. There, the Senate trial of ex-President Donald Trump is set to consider charges levied by the House’s impeachment stemming from inflammatory statements he made leading to January 6’s Capitol insurrection but also from months of false claims about a “stolen election.”
Despite comments from staunch Republicans like former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor – who said, “Our elected officials work for us, and they fail us when they decline to tell us truths that we, the people, don’t want to hear” – two House Republicans from Illinois, Mike Bost and Mary Miller, voted to overturn the results, joining 137 other House Republicans and 8 Republican Senators. In particular, Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri led Sen
Pentagon purges advisory boards packed by Trump
The Biden administration’s recently confirmed defense secretary, General Lloyd Austin (ret.), has ordered the resignations of hundreds of Pentagon-appointed members of the Defense Department’s 42 civilian advisory boards, including a slew of last-minute appointees named by the Trump administration. The forced resignations are to take effect no later than February 16.
The Pentagon described the move as part of a “zero-based review” of all the existing civilian advisory boards and commissions, whose activities will be suspended and evaluated. These include high profile panels such as the Defense Policy Board, the Defense Business Board and the Defense Science Board, as well as boards formed on issues ranging from Arlington National Cemetery to military families and sexual assault in the military. Among the boards is one recently formed to advise the Pentagon on changing the names of military installations that currently commemor
Defense Secretary dismisses hundreds of members of Pentagon advisory boards including late Trump picks
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has dismissed hundreds of members of 42 Pentagon advisory boards, including controversial late appointments by the Trump administration, as the Pentagon announced a review of the boards’ memberships Tuesday.
The announcement comes after the previous administration appointed several loyalists to advisory boards in the final months of former President Donald Trump’s term including former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, who served as his deputy campaign manager.
The Pentagon took no pains to hide the fact Austin took the action because of concerns the Trump administration had openly packed some boards with loyalists.
US Defense Secretary dismisses hundreds of members of Pentagon advisory boards including late Trump picks
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Barbara Starr, Ellie Kaufman and Oren Liebermann, CNN
Published Feb 3, 2021 10:46:59 AM
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(CNN) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin) has dismissed hundreds of members of 42 Pentagon advisory boards, including controversial late appointments by the Trump administration, as the Pentagon announced a review of the boards memberships Tuesday.
The announcement comes after the previous administration appointed several loyalists to advisory boards in the final months of former President Donald Trump s term including former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, who served as his deputy campaign manager.