Weekly Roundup: Diplomacy, DOGE & Drawings
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Then, a look at the proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which aims to reshape the federal government, and Can't Let It Go.
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| 0:18.7 | This is Dane. And Kim. |
| 0:25.9 | And we're at the Gallatin County Courthouse in Bozeman, Montana, about to get our marriage certificate. |
| 0:33.2 | This podcast was recorded at 12.06 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 6th, 2024. |
| 0:35.3 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this. |
| 0:37.6 | But one thing that will definitely have changed. |
| 0:39.2 | It will be married. |
| 0:40.8 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:45.8 | Love it. |
| 0:47.2 | Was that a kiss at the end? |
| 0:47.8 | I think it was. I kind of like that. |
| 0:48.6 | That was very sweet. |
| 0:50.3 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:52.8 | I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover voting. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the |
| 0:55.9 | White House. And I'm Domenico Montanar, senior political editor and correspondent. And today on the show, |
| 1:00.3 | we're going to be talking about two facets of the incoming presidency. The first is how Donald |
| 1:06.2 | Trump is doing more as a president in waiting than many of his predecessors before him. |
| 1:12.1 | Tam, I want to start with his cabinet. |
| 1:14.3 | Usually nominations for cabinet positions sort of trickle in out throughout late November, |
| 1:18.8 | December, and into January. |
| 1:20.6 | But it looks like most of Trump's proposed appointees have already been named. |
| 1:25.5 | Why do you think he's moving so quickly? |
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