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Washington university as well. so we have a pretty well-rounded individual who's going to go rain the reigns for a while. >> well, ray is high as far as gw is concerned. i'm all for that. but, sir, you were senior adviser to ash carter when he was defense secretary. what is the negative impact of having that acting title instead of actually being able to operate as a full-fledged defense secretary. we've seen this president sort of prefer to have his officials hold these titles that seem somehow to give him more power over them. what does that mean in terms of actually governing the country, a...

Said over and over. well, it sure seems more and more like the president is acting alone. yet another cabinet member is leaving the administration. today, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan pulled his nomination to the permanent post or had his nomination pulled. the secretary of the army, mark asper, will replace shanahan in the interim. so the acting defense secretary will be replaced by another acting defense secretary. that's a whole lot of acting. but in this white house, it's all too real. scrolling beside me is a list of all the top trump administration officials with acting titl...

Federal workers either furloughed or working without pay, basically nothing is expected to change before the new year when democrats take control of the house. but here's the thing. even if the democrats do manage to reopen the government, and that will be an interesting fight, it will not change the fundamental fact that the trump administration has been and will remain in its own kind of quasi-permanent shutdown. many top positions in the trump administration are either temporarily staffed or not staffed at all. nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss says the situation is unpreced...

In the new year, the secretary of defense, the attorney general and the epa administrator will be acting, not confirmed by congress. whoever replaces ryan zinke will be acting as well. even the incoming chief of staff, mick mulvaney will be an acting chief of staff. sources say mulvaney himself asked for the acting title so he had a safe exit from the role if needed. and then there are the positions that are just not being filled at all. there's no white house political director, no u.s. ambassador to numerous country krunts, no deputy at dhs, hud or the small business administration. "the was...

Michael besh lots says the situation is unprecedented. the secretary of defense, the attorney general and the epa administrator will be acting, not confirmed by congress. whoever replaces ryan zinke will be acting as well. even the incoming chief of staff, mick mulvaney will be an acting chief of staff. mulvaney himself asked for the acting title so he had a safe exit from the role if needed. and then there are the positions that are just not being filled at all. there's no white house political director, no u.s. ambassador to numerous country krunts, no deputy at dhs, hud or the small busines...