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In June, during his first White House cabinet meeting, Trump suggested that his energy policies were putting miners back to work and transforming a troubled sector of the economy.
The announcement of the sudden withdrawal from Syria was too much for defense secretary James Mattis, the most respected member of Trump’s cabinet – though it was far from the only provocation.
Mattis’s friends explained in television interviews that what most troubled the retired four-star Marine general and defense intellectual was not just that he could no longer affect policy, but also that his remaining in the cabinet was taken as an affirmation of Trump, a position he could no longer bear.
At first, Trump treated Mattis with respect and even some affection; but he gradually tired of his most distinguished cabinet member’s almost across-the-board disagreement with his policies.
Trump’s Extreme OligarchyWASHINGTON, DC – US President-elect Donald Trump is filling his cabinet with rich people.
Ouattara went a step further, naming a prime minister and a 13-seat cabinet.
Yasuhisa Shiozaki, who occupies the key position of cabinet secretary, is a long-time ally, while the foreign minister, Taro Aso, though a rival within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), shares Abe’s policy priorities.
Based on his previous experience as cabinet secretary, Abe wants to create and operate a Japanese version of America’s National Security Council.
For this, he has appointed Yuriko Koike, a former cabinet member, as one of his five assistants, while one of the other four, Kyoko Nakayama, is responsible solely for the abduction issue.
Moreover, although the current assistants’ authority is limited, Abe plans to submit legislation aimed at strengthening the prime minister’s office, including an amendment of the cabinet law.
In recent weeks, Ahmadinejad’s aides have denied another rumor that he ordered his cabinet to write a pact of loyalty with the 12th Imam and throw it down a well near the holy city of Qom, where some believe the Imam is hiding.
Those who give credence to the rumor point to an early decision of his cabinet to allocate $17 million to renovate the Jamkaran mosque, where devotees of the 12th Imam have prayed for centuries.
Since taking office last August, Ahmadinejad has installed Hojatieh devotees in his cabinet and throughout the bureaucracy.
Anyone who doubts that should review a recent letter orchestrated by the Bretton Woods Committee, addressed to Congressional leaders on behalf of an impressive array of former Republican and Democratic cabinet secretaries.
Quite a few members of Hatoyama’s cabinet are as much “anti-Japan” as they are anti-US.
Indeed, many in the DPJ cabinet are baby boomers influenced by the radical student groups that opposed the Japan-US Security Treaty 50 years ago.
But distancing themselves from the perception of wrongdoing will be essential to his cabinet colleagues’ ability to realize their own long-term political aspirations, especially if calls for resignation grow louder.
The army and the security apparatus remain loyal, the cabinet has suffered few defections, and the key population centers of Damascus and Aleppo have not joined the rebellion.
Similarly, the United Kingdom established a cost-review program that identified 40 major projects for prioritization, reformed overall planning processes, and then created a cabinet sub-committee to ensure faster delivery of projects, thereby cutting infrastructure spending by 15%.
His cabinet officials have recently sought to reassure those allies, while insisting that they address defense-spending shortfalls.
He has made some excellent cabinet choices, including three I know well: Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.
Senate Democrats, for their part, worked hard to delay approval of Trump’s cabinet nominations, undermining further the administration’s functioning.
If Trump is to take full advantage of these trends to advance his reform agenda, he will need to give his cabinet a greater role in policy and improve coordination with and among White House staff.
But today, the Ciorbea cabinet claims that, due to the economic rot left behind by the Iliescu government, Romania confronts an almost permanent emergency.
Powerful national newspapers, such as Adevarul, said that the Hungarian Democratic Union, which has two ministers and several state secretaries in the Ciorbea cabinet, had blackmailed the government.
The real obstacle to the Ciorbea cabinet’s measures in this instance, however, is an ingrained chauvinism that exists irrespective of party affiliation.
It is no secret that many Israelis, including prominent members of Netanyahu’s cabinet, hold views on the Arabs that could fairly be described as racist.
He has already been forced to accept the resignation of his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, and several cabinet ministers.
It began with accusations of influence-peddling against Bachelet’s son and daughter-in-law, and continued with the emergence of other scandals, possibly involving cabinet ministers and other aides.
Indeed, an increasingly embattled Jonathan recently declared that his own cabinet, in addition to the security agencies, is riddled with “Boko Haram sympathizers.”
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