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Again. this is a pattern where the president's asked something about a certain staffer, and he gives, if not an ambiguous, an indifferent answer, and the staffers read into that ambiguity and people say that this person may have their position in doubt. you know, to what you were talking about earlier on this accountability issue, a big issue when you're acting is you don't have the authority or i should say you have less authority in your agency, and that was very clear at the pentagon where you heard a lot of senators say you need to have a permanent secretary of defense because when you jus...

December, when do you start being active? look at the figures from the axios visuals colleagues and going back to carter, the president has by far, by far, by far, you can see the gap here more vacant day for cabinet members than other presidents had. and this turns out to be a little bit of a loophole. the president has said frankly he likes acting secretaries because it keeps them on their toes as my mother would say, and they don't have to go through confirmation, so they don't have the scrutiny of the vetting that comes along with that. >> but what are the unintended consequences of having...

Are you acting still? are you still -- are you not o and b director? >> my official -- >> two different questions. >> i am a senate confirmed office and i'm in acting capacities as chief of staff of the president of the united states. i like what i'm doing now. >> thanks for coming on. it's always a pleasure talking to you. >> thanks. >> more democrats calling for impeachment after robert mueller's appearance but none of them are nancy pelosi. the panel is next. as we go to break we're going to show you moments from some of the more commencement spreedings in the recent weeks. >> tear down w...

Later, several years later, when heather nauert and her husband discovered that, they paid the taxes retroactively. now that she's under this extreme vetting process for the senate confirmation for u.n. ambassador, this came up. it was a major problem. it has derailed her nomination. >> as we said, it is an indication of some of the roles that are not filled. they're filled in acting capacities, which the white house doesn't seem to mind all that much. >> that's right. the president said he likes that situation. >> right. >> it gives him what he calls more flexibility. he can move people aroun...