Matt Gates' improbable and ultimately impossible nomination soaked up a lot of attention this week.

But many of President-elect Trump's other nominees are equally improbable.

Tonight, his most controversial appointments and whether the Senate will deny any of them confirmation.

Next.

This is Washington Week with the Atlantic.

Good evening and welcome to Washington Week.

So Matt Gates is out and Pam Bondi in America first diehard as Donald Trump's

newest pick to be the nation's top law enforcement officer.

Gates was too much for Trump's Republican allies,

and some of his other selections are so controversial

that it's an open question if their nominations will also survive.

We'll look at some of the most important

and most surprising cabinet picks tonight.

Joining me at the table,

Laura Barone Lopez, the White House correspondent for PBS News Hour.

Andrew Desiderio is the senior congressional reporter at Punch Bowl News.

Zolencano Young's is a White House correspondent at the New York Times, and Ashley Parker

is a senior national political correspondent with The Washington Post.

Thank you all for joining me tonight.

Before we start, I want to note that

this is a live show and what we're getting over our phones right now is that one new nomination

every 30 seconds from the president of Alex office. A couple of notable people just in the last

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