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Putting a Spotlight on Biden's Problematic Nominees for Government Posts

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🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

As debate rages in Congress over spending packages and election reform bills, Senate confirmations for President Joe Biden's executive branch nominees continue to move forward. Some higher profile nominees—such as Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget and David Chipman as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—attracted enough critical attention to sink their nominations. But Biden nominees such as Tracy Stone-Manning, his choice to run the Bureau of Land Management, have flown largely under the radar. "I think she's indicative of this pattern in the Biden administration of where they're just not bothering [to vet nominees] and they're just pushing [them] through," says Tom Jones, co-founder of American Accountability Foundation, a nonpartisan educational organization that highlights the administration's appointments. Jones joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss some of Biden's most problematic nominees and why Americans should keep a close eye on the process. We also cover these stories: Biden says he has "great confidence" in Gen. Mark Milley to continue as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff despite published reports that Milley secretly spoke with a Chinese counterpart near the end of the Trump administration. Former President Donald Trump criticizes Milley's reported actions, as do Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul. Republican governors accuse the Biden administration of playing politics with the COVID-19 pandemic after the White House announces it will restrict distribution of an effective treatment to fight the coronavirus.  Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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