Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170120:01:17:00
But the cabinet is only the tip of the proverbial federal bureaucracy iceberg. there are about 4,000 positions for political appointees. of those, 690 are crucial, trump has announced his picks for just 30 of them. meaning 96% of these key offices won't even have a nominee when he takes over the government according to an expert on transitions, the brookings institution, "it's just -- there is no other word for it, weird, for those of us who have been involved in government for decad decades." observers are most concerned about the national security council. politico reports most of the nsc's ...