Tough times for the Veep: Can Kamala come through?
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
President Joe Biden put his VP Kamala Harris in charge of stemming the tide of migrants into the United States in March - a seemingly intractable problem. Since then, many have criticised Harris for not having made a visit to the US- Mexican border, despite being in charge of its management. After mounting pressure - yesterday the Vice President announced she would go and visit personally - but is it a little too late? Today we look at the reputation of a second-in-command who came into office with the world's expectations on her shoulders.
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| 0:00.0 | Bad management costs employers around £84 billion a year. |
| 0:05.0 | Good management is a skill, sir, not just a job title. |
| 0:08.8 | It needs to be recognised, nurtured and practised. |
| 0:12.7 | And yet 82% of new managers in the UK are promoted |
| 0:16.2 | without formal management training. |
| 0:19.0 | Other chartered management institutes were working to change that. |
| 0:23.2 | Imagine if you made it your business to change that too. |
| 0:27.1 | Take action. |
| 0:28.2 | Search CMI action. |
| 0:30.7 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, |
| 0:33.9 | floating five feet above ground. |
| 0:36.7 | Sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination. |
| 0:42.2 | Not a car in the world, as you simply lean back. |
| 0:47.2 | And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:50.4 | This is how travel should feel. |
| 0:52.6 | And on our trains, it does. |
| 0:55.2 | Avanti West Coast. |
| 0:57.0 | Feel good travel. |
| 1:03.8 | When Joe took the White House, |
| 1:06.0 | Kamala became a thief. |
| 1:08.4 | We did it. We did it, Joe. |
| 1:12.0 | You're going to be the next president of the United States. |
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