Trump's Questionable Cabinet Picks
Amanpour14 Nov 2024

Trump's Questionable Cabinet Picks

Donald Trump will be inaugurated in two months’ time, but will he get the cabinet he wants heading into his second term? Senator Marco Rubio looks set to be secretary of state, but some of Trump’s other picks are raising eyebrows, even within his own party. Critics are concerned that some of these selections are not just ardent loyalists, but lack crucial qualifications for the high-ranking positions. For more on this, Christiane speaks with correspondent Jeff Zeleny. Also on today's show: UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini; former French President François Hollande; columnist Rana Foroohar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi

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The Global Implications of Assad's Fall in Syria

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The Syrian people are still celebrating what so many never thought possible, a country free of Bashar al-Assad. But amid the joy, there is much uncertainty about what lies ahead, and also deep pain, a...

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UNRWA Head Philippe Lazzarini

On Wednesday night the United Nations General Assembly demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and also condemned a new law in Israel that will ban the operations of the ...

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Clarissa Ward's Special Report: Syrian Prisons

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In the early hours after Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad's fall, rumors flew of secret prison cells locked by fleeing guards, deprived of inside of food, water and even oxygen. Today, the Association...

10 Dec 202458min

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