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This isn’t up to me, it’s the president’s decision,
said Waltz
The situation on our border has become unsustainable for our law enforcement personnel,
argued Waltz when presenting the measure, highlighting the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels as the main threats
That is a very big difference in the first administration when he was very dependent on other people —on their advice on who to pick. He didn’t know it was going on,
McGhee White said
I’ve gotta say I've been very impressed with all of Trump’s picks so far, perhaps with the exception of Kristi Noem. I’m a little bit worried for the dogs here in Washington, D.C.,
McGhee White joked, referring to Noem's account of euthanizing her own dogKyiv is quite calm and quite comfortable with the national security officials announced so far. Those pushing a narrative of anxiety in Kyiv are doing this for their own purposes and are doing Ukraine a disservice."
Quote from Daniel Vajdich, a Republican foreign policy expert and president of Yorktown Solutions, which advises Ukrainian state entities and engages with officials in KyivFor people who are concerned that Trump is going to sell Ukraine down the river, I think his main priority is going to try and find some kind of equitable peace,
said a former Trump administration official who had been in contact with the campaign and transition teamThey don't want to talk about the fact that Pete has gone to Harvard, and he went to Princeton, and he's a combat veteran, and he knows about how the military works,
said McFarland
There's a plaque on the Jordan River, there's a little olive tree that was planted, [about] 30 years ago, and it's a plaque in honor of Mike Huckabee, who was rebaptized at the Jordan River at the same place that John the Baptist baptized Jesus,
McFarland saidEveryone that he's chosen understands what their role is,
McFarland saidIn a transition, normally the jobs that are are appointed first are secretary of the Treasury, secretary of State, [or] Commerce, ... In this case, President Trump has gone to the national security world, the people who are going to be advising him on the national security issues."
McFarland said on "Wake Up America."I think we're in for a long haul and I think our nation's leadership needs to begin telling the American people, 'I'm sorry. We don't have a choice. We're 15 years into what is going to be a multi-generational war because we're talking about defeating an idea,
Waltz said about Afghanistan at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2017.
If [Rubio] channels Trump’s approach rather than pursuing his own agenda, he could redefine the state department’s role in a way that is both respected and effective abroad. Rubio knows that his future prospects are tied to his ability to execute Trump’s policy, not personal ambitions,
said Jason Beardsley, senior coalitions adviser for Concerned Veterans for AmericaWhat no one can ever do for me, including this administration right now, is articulate a counterterrorism plan that’s realistic without us there,
Waltz said in an interview days after the withdrawalMight as well give Liz Cheney the State Department,
Smith wroteKyiv looks at these appointments with some quiet relief — they clearly know there's room for engagement,
one source familiar with Ukrainian operations told Fox News DigitalDid Biden/Harris pressure Israel once again to do less than it should?"
he questionedRubio is no longer quite the Rubio many remember from 2016.
But, ... he addedThe picks leave me wondering whether Trump will deliver on his sometimes restrained foreign policy promises, including his stated desire to end the war in Ukraine sooner rather than later and to see Israel wrap up its wars,
he said