obama s plans to deploy u.s. forces in europe. i think those are two steps that he could take that would send reassurance particularly to central europe where they are very uneasy about what a trump presidency will bring to that region. allies first approach makes a lot of sense. the other thing he s going to have to do is fill in the trade space. for asia, the so-called pivot or rebalance you had diplomatic president and greater military presence and you had trade and economic presence. the fact that tpp, whatever else you think about it, like it but put it aside, that is gone right now. we need some substitute economic dimension and this is an important thing. we don t want china now becoming the hub of the wheel of asia economically. if we re not going to do tpp, we have to find something else. all this focus on the cabinet jobs but a lot of leading republican conservative foreign
some sources say he is considering the governor for secretary of state. as for this weekend, he will meet with mitt romney. romney was perhaps one of the earliest and fiercest critics of trump. sources say they are expected to discuss the secretary of state job. whether trump will go with one of the past rivals and name them to a cabinet position is still to be seen. he may stick with safe picks like flynn. back to you. sara, thank you. jeff sessions is another staunch ally trump is considering for cabinet jobs. a transition official tells cnn that sessions is a leading contender for attorney general. the former attorney general was the first sitting u.s. senator to endorse trump. back in the 1980s, sessions was accu accused of making racially tinged remarks. sources familiar with the process say former texas
until december 1st. there s a lot of water to go under the bridge. seems to me they really are hitting their stride at present. i know you said in another interview, i believe on morning joe, thaw felt those jobs that job, secretary of state, the cabinet jobs would go more likely to people who have been part of the inner circle and you had not been, even though had you had endorsed early. is that yeah i think that, look, those relationships are important. there are people that have been with him all the way through, surrogating. obviously, i think those are the people that they likely will look to first. we ll see what happens. again, i m sure there are numbers of people that would be interested in furthering our country s national interest around the world. it s such an important time in the world s history right now. what about governor haley, nikki haley. she s highly regarded as a
at least two people are dead and the prime minister warns the number could increase as rescuers push forward into isolated parts of the country. a tsunami and hult pl aftershocks have been felt. in colombia, a new peace agreement between the government and farc rebels, a modified version of the deal signed back in september that was surprisingly rejected by voters. opponents say the original was too lenient on the rebel group. the more than half century conflict has claimed more than 220,000 lives. let s get back to our top story. trump staffing up the white house. a lot of rumors flying around about who will take key cabinet jobs. over the weekend trump also announced several additions to his transition team, including his three eldest children. all vice presidents of the trump organization, they are slated to take over his business and also trump s son-in-law. elsewhere, eight lobbyists are serving on the trump transition
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