company that has courted him, the faa and the other hand were career civil servants who are experts in these fields. interesting. we can put up a map right now that shows all of the boeing 737 max 8 or max 9 planes that are in the air right now. again, once they land, sorry, these are all max 8, once they land they ll be grounded. one of the major players in donald trump s cabinet is his acting defense secretary used to be a boeing executive. yes, boeing has a ton of cloud. they have people throughout former officials and lobbyist throughout the government and acting defense secretary, but also the staff director, the committee that s oversight.
health and human services the former president of the pharmaceutical president. the acting defense secretary shanahan. former boeing executive. secretary of the interior a former lobbyist for oil and natural gas industry. and andrew wheeler a coal industry lobbyist. former obama white house and ethics czar. ambassador is this what a drain swamp looks like? no, anderson. this is take over of the trump administration by the special interest lobbyist is like the alligators taking over the swamp. this is not what the american people want. they want a government that serves the public interest. not special interest. in this environment where the tump administration watered down the rules and threw out the
swamp. when we win on november 8th, we are going to washington, d.c., and we are going to drain the swamp! drain the swamp. a campaign promise as real it seems as mexico paying for the wall. when you take a look at who is working in trump s cabinet now as pointed out by eric lipton of the new york times. a defense department run by a former boeing executive. the epa run by a former coal lobbyist. the department of health and human services run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. and the department of interior run by a former oil industry lobbyist. the new acting secretary david bernhart took over after ryan zinke left. now they are examining whether zinke lied to inspector general investigators. rick, kareen, bret and nick are
the hawkeye state is the home of the first in the nation caucuses. new year, new boss overseeing the u.s. military. james mattis handed over the reins at the pentagon to his former deputy he is a 30-year veteran of the aerospace giant boeing. as our correspondent lucas tomlinson report, new acting defense secretary has little time for on-the-job training. the north korean leader is already sending a blunt message. jim mattis stepped down as defense chief without a ceremony. instead, he transferred power to his deputy, patrick shanahan, over the phone. in his first statement to the forces on new year s day, the former boeing executive wrote as acting secretary of defense, i now look forward to working with president trump to carry out his vision alongside strong leaders, including the service secretaries, the joint chiefs of staff, the combatant commanders and senior personnel in the office of the secretary of defense. syria looms large in the months ahead for shanahan, were just a
the kurdish forces and the turkish military. government forces were invited into this city but the kurds because they do fear a major turkish military operation that could lead to more violence against these kurdish forces that were previously backed by the united states. although the u.s. withdrawal will take place the next four months, the trump administration has indicated that america will still participate in the u.s.-led coalition against isis for the time being. heather? heather: thanks, trey. thank you. a new year and a lot of new faces in the white house. this is the first day on the job for patrick shanahan who earlier issued his acting memo as defense secretary. president trump chose the former boeing executive after james mattis said he was stepping down. his resignation came after the president called for the withdrawal of the u.s. troops from syria that we just