Contrasting Obama and Trump/Pence statements on Fidel Castro death
Pretty much what you expected...
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NSA Chief Doesn’t Believe DNC Hack Influenced Election
When Wikileaks released Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails in July, people immediately pointed fingers at Russia and cried that the Kremlin wanted to influence the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, who won by a large margin over Hillary Clinton.
But National Security Agency (NSA) Director Mike Rogers dashed those conspiracy theories this past weekend:
“I don't think in the end it had the effect that [the hackers] had hoped it might,” Rogers said during a panel at the Halifax International Security Forum.
No, Reince Didn’t Advocate for a National Muslim Registry
The media's obsession with a national Muslim registry continues.
Former RNC Chair and incoming White House Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus joined Meet the Press Sunday morning. Host, Chuck Todd asked Priebus whether the next administration is toying with a national Muslim registry.
NBC News then ran with this headline:
Trump Selects Attorney General, CIA Director, and Nat’l Security Advisor
Earlier this morning, reports indicated Trump's transition team had selected an Attorney General, CIA Director, and National Security Advisor.
AG: Sen. Jeff Sessions
CIA Director: Rep. Mike Pompeo
National Security Advisor: Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
Politico confirms those individuals have accepted the posts:
What if Donald Trump did Move the American Embassy to Jerusalem?
Miriam Elman had an excellent post on Sunday on the possibility that, once inaugurated as president, Donald Trump would do what none of his predecessors ever did despite their promises and move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Israel's capital.
The reason that Bill Clinton and George W. Bush never followed the law calling for moving the embassy because the law has a waiver provision, allowing the president not to move the embassy if he deems the move to threaten the national security.
The foreign policy smart set says that the president can't do this because it will hurt the United States in the Arab world or because it would show the Palestinians that the United States is on Israel's side or that it would prejudge the terms of any final deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
Ron Coleman