Putting a Spotlight on Biden's Problematic Nominees for Government Posts
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🗓️ 16 September 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, September 16th. |
| 0:08.6 | I'm Kate Trinco. |
| 0:09.6 | And I'm Doug Blair. |
| 0:11.0 | As the debate rages in Congress over spending packages and election integrity bills, Senate |
| 0:15.5 | confirmations for President Biden's cabinet appointees continue to move forward in the |
| 0:19.8 | background. |
| 0:20.8 | Tom Jones, co-founder of the Nonpartisan Educational Organization, American Accountability |
| 0:25.6 | Foundation, joins the show to explain how his group shines a light on some of the |
| 0:29.6 | President's most problematic nominees. |
| 0:46.6 | On Wednesday, President Biden said he has great confidence in General Mark Milley to continue |
| 0:51.6 | as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in spite of allegations that Milley was secretly |
| 0:56.0 | in contact with Chinese defense officials at the tail end of the Trump administration. |
| 1:00.8 | An upcoming book co-authored by two Washington Post reporters alleges that Milley made two |
| 1:05.3 | secret phone calls to his Chinese counterpart, General Li Xiaosheng, in an attempt to stave |
| 1:10.0 | off potential U.S. military attacks. |
| 1:12.8 | The first call occurred on October 30th, 2020, and the second occurred on January 8th, |
| 1:17.8 | 2021. |
| 1:18.8 | Here's White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at a Wednesday press conference via the Washington |
| 1:23.5 | Post. |
| 1:25.2 | But what I can assure you all of is that the President knows General Milley. |
| 1:29.2 | He has been chairman of the Joint Chiefs for almost eight months of his presidency. |
| 1:32.9 | They've worked side by side through a range of international events, and the President |
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