Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170629:23:23:00
Who is in charge at the state department? is the secretary of state allowed to pick the assistants for those posts or does the white house staff get to do it? >> it is a combination. he went in with an understanding that he would be able to operate autonomously. that he would be able to pick his own staff. there have been stove pipe block. the white house has vetoed his choices, because they were democrats or some people had been critical of the president during the campaign. and by the same token, the white house is incredibly frustrated that some of these political positions they've sent ove...