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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President-elect Donald Trump is wasting little time in filling some of the key positions of his upcoming administration. Trump announcing today he's nominating former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to head the CIA. Trump says he'll nominate former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel.
NPR's Greg Myhre reports other picks include Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State and retired Army Green Beret Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor.
Trump is widely expected to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio to serve as Secretary of State, according to a source familiar with the selection process. Now, Trump and Rubio traded personal insults when both of them ran for the Republican presidential nomination back in 2016. They've since reconciled. And in fact, Rubio is considered a finalist to be Trump's vice president this year.
Now, when it comes to foreign policy, Rubio made his name with strong criticism of autocratic regimes in Latin America, including Cuba and Venezuela. Rubio's foreign policy views are also considered to be a bit more hawkish than those of Trump's. though both Rubio and Mike Waltz have been more in line recently.
NPR's Greg Myrie. President-elect Trump has vowed to, quote, drain the swamp and dismantle what he calls the deep state. With his imminent return to the White House, many federal workers are on edge, as we hear from NPR's Andrea Hsu.
Some two million civilians work for the federal government in all kinds of roles, national security, public health, protecting the environment. Trump insists among them are rogue actors whom he wants to replace. Already, a conservative group has published a watch list of what it calls subversive leftist bureaucrats who cannot be trusted to enforce immigration laws.
Jason Breifel is policy director for the Senior Executives Association, which represents the highest ranking civil servants.
The threat of politicizing the federal workforce threatens the ability of the government to serve everybody equally and fairly.
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