DrG41
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Always hate it when someone invades my texts on twitter.
The fact that Ayers turned down the job should be a much bigger story. At 36 years old he was offered the opportunity to be chief of staff to the President of the United States, and not only did he say no, he said he would be leaving the administration at the end of the year. The news can play this off as him saying he wanted to spend more time with his family, but this guy is a rising star in the Republican Party who has dedicated himself to the party since he was 19 years old (he did go private for a quick second and made 12 million dollars).
This is people close to him in the Party saying, get out and don't get tarnished, we are going to need you for the next 30 years. This is a stunning about face, as he had been in discussions for months about this position for when Kelly moved on. I don't want to get too excited, but it seriously appears to me that the Republicans are getting scared about the future of this presidency.
TIATFE
Could Ayers just not want people digging harder into his shady business deals?
The audit found that as of Oct. 1, CBP had paid Accenture Federal Services approximately $13.6 million of a $297 million contract to recruit and hire 7,500 applicants, including Customs and Border Protection officers, Border Patrol agents, and Air and Marine Interdiction agents. But 10 months into the first year of a five-year contract, Accenture had processed only "two accepted job offers," according to the report.
Inhofe, who took over the top spot on Armed Services after the death of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in August, has repeatedly pressed President Donald Trump to dramatically scale up the Pentagon’s annual budget, which currently stands at $717 billion. Last week, after Trump hinted he would like to scale back parts of that budget, Inhofe met with the president and Defense Secretary James Mattis, after which it was announced that the administration would seek even more defense funding: a record $750 billion in spending for fiscal year 2020.
Additionally, Burke said that Inhofe had directed his financial advisor not to purchase any aerospace or defense stocks going forward. Burke provided a letter from Inhofe dated Wednesday detailing those instructions. Metadata in the document indicates that it was created less than 20 minutes after The Daily Beast first reached out for comment.