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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

WSJ: Trump Draft Exec Order Would Create Board To Purge Generals

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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President-elect Trump just revealed his choice for CIA director as he is rapidly expanding his team of loyalists and MAGA die-hards. Also, a new report suggests Trump is being presented with a way to purge United States military generals after he has openly expressed concern over their loyalty and fitness to serve.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happening now, breaking news. President-elect Trump just revealed his choice to be the CIA director

0:24.1

as he's rapidly expanding his team of loyalists and MAGA diehards.

0:29.1

We're tracking all of the new picks he's been announcing tonight.

0:32.9

Also breaking, a new report suggests Trump is being presented with a way to urge U.S. military generals

0:39.3

after he's openly expressed concern about their loyalty and fitness to serve.

0:44.3

Stand by for details on the draft executive order detailed by the Wall Street Journal.

0:49.3

Plus, the U.S. Senate reconvenes the fight to be the new majority leader intensifies on this,

0:57.0

the eve of a secret vote to choose among three prominent Republicans vying to replace Mitch McConnell.

1:05.0

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

1:09.0

I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the situation room.

1:19.3

This is CNN breaking news. And we start with the breaking news tonight. The Trump's

1:24.9

staffing announcements are coming in fast and furious,

1:28.2

with the president-elect revealing his choice to be CIA director just a few minutes ago.

1:34.4

CNN's Kristen Holmes is following all of these developments for us. Kristen, bring our viewers

1:39.0

up to speed on who Trump is tapping, first of all, to lead the CIA. Yeah, well, if that's right, we have just learned that Donald Trump is going to pick John Ratcliffe

1:48.0

to lead the CIA. You'll be CIA director. Now, Ratcliffe is an interesting choice for a number of reasons.

1:53.0

One, not that surprising if you think about the fact that he had been actually running the policy division

1:58.0

of the transition team when it came to intelligence.

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