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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The incoming Trump administration continues to take shape with the president-elect announcing a number of nominations since Friday. Now that former Congressman Matt Gates has withdrawn his name from consideration to be the next Attorney General, attention is turning to Trump's

two other controversial cabinet nominees.

NPR's Mara Liason has more.

It's very common for new presidents to withdraw one or more nominations.

Now the question is whether withdrawing Gates makes it easier or harder to get Trump's

other nominees confirmed.

Republican senators may be less inclined to reject Fox News host Pete Hegseth,

Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary.

Hegsteth was the subject of a sexual assault investigation.

He has denied the allegations.

And there's Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence.

In the past, Gabbard has been sympathetic to Vladimir Putin and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

She has repeated Russian talking points, blaming Ukraine and NATO for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Senators on the Intelligence Committee will want to question her about that.

Mara Liason, NPR News.

Israeli officials say a rabbi has been killed in the United Arab Emirates

in an anti-Semitic act of terrorism.

NPR's Daniel Estrin reports the UAE says it's arrested three suspects in connection with his death. Rabbi Tzvi Kogan, a dual

Israeli Moldovan National, went missing Thursday in Abu Dhabi. Now Israeli authorities say Amirati security

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