BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain is urging President Donald Trump to nominate a team of senior officials at the State Department to back up new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke Saturday during an event in Brussels. He pointed to “confusion” over whether Tillerson would attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. He does now plan to be there.
McCain said one aspect of that was that Tillerson “doesn’t have a team there at the State Department. And I think it’s incumbent for the president and the administration to get people nominated and confirmed.”
The Arizona Republican added during a news conference at the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Forum that he expected “that would be a rapid process.”
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Oh John, Johnny, Johnboy, Rex doesn’t need a team at the State Department, Foggy Bottom is evil and must be destroyed.
The team of senior advisors that were told to pack up their desks and get the hell out? Is that who you mean Sparky?
For Tillerson, the most appropriate “team” for him would be the Harlem Globetrotters. Pure comic relief…
Yeah, Mr. Senator, Dear Leader is going to get right on that. At least he’ll appoint someone to wake Tillerson up from his naps.
Or you know you could’ve done your constitutional duty and insisted that the administration appoint someone competent for the position in the first place.