The Globe and Mail Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni WASHINGTON Bookmark
For Vice President Mike Pence, the moment of truth had arrived. After three years and 11 months of navigating the treacherous waters of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ego, after all the tongue-biting, pride-swallowing moments where he employed strategic silence or florid flattery to stay in his boss’ good graces, there he was being cursed by the President.
Trump was enraged that Pence was refusing to try to overturn the election. In a series of meetings, the President had pressed relentlessly, alternately cajoling and browbeating him. Finally, just before Pence headed to the Capitol to oversee the electoral vote count last Wednesday, Trump called the Vice President’s residence to push one last time.
Pence reached his limit with Trump. It wasn t pretty
13 Jan, 2021 07:59 PM
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US President Donald Trump releases video after impeachment. Video / The White House
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By: Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
After four years of tongue-biting silence that critics say enabled the president s worst instincts, the vice president would not yield to the pressure and name-calling from his boss. For Vice President Mike Pence, the moment of truth had arrived. After three years and 11 months of navigating the treacherous waters of President Donald Trump s ego, after all the tongue-biting, pride-swallowing moments where he employed strategic silence or florid flattery to stay in his boss good graces, there he was being cursed by the president.
Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute Presents Doug McMillon of Walmart with the Legend in Leadership Award
December 15, 2020 Doug McMillon, president and chief executive officer of Walmart Inc., will accept the Legend in Leadership Award of the Yale School of Management’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute today during the Yale CEO Summit, held virtually over Zoom.
The award will be presented to Mr. McMillon by Marillyn Hewson, executive chair, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Kenneth Frazier; chairman, president, and CEO, Merck & Co.; and Indra Nooyi, chair and CEO (2006-2018), PepsiCo. Summit organizer Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean for leadership studies at the Yale School of Management, commented:
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“The roles they will take on are where the rubber meets the road where competent and crisis-tested governance can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, enhancing the dignity, equity, security, and prosperity of the day-to-day lives of Americans,” he added.
McDonough is among several Obama alumni with national security experience to be tapped for the incoming Biden administration, along with Rice and Antony Blinken
Rice served as a national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations under Obama while Blinken worked as a deputy national security adviser and deputy secretary of State. McDonough also served as a deputy national security adviser and as chief of staff of the National Security Council.