cabinet members who joined trump in 2017 left. who was left? a mix of family members, 20 somethings, hangers on. fourth stringers, former lobbyists and a scattering of well meaning aides who mostly kept their heads down. the book, the authors are here now. let s start on that part there. one of the things we re watching now into the biden administration is they quickly staffed up the key public health jobs and response jobs with accomplished professionals. you talk in the book act when this hit the united states, the trump administration was from both a president who doesn t believe in science, brushed it aside and a personnel standpoint, not prepared. yeah. i mean, if you look at who was left, his first health and human services secretary left about a year into the administration. he was also on his second cdc director, his second fda
problem isn t mr. priebus, the former chief of staff, it is him. are they right, congressman? i think the president respects general kelly. i don t know of anyone who doesn t respect general kelly. from a personnel standpoint, he is someone with a tremendous amount of experience in buildsing teams, developing individuals, identifying interests, core of discipline. from that standpoint, you also have in the administration a number of vacancies. he understands the need to have the right leadership in the organization. my question was, is the editorial board right in saying he cannot flip the script in the west wing unless the president realizes that he, himself needs to change some things. is there merit in that argument? i think the script is flipped as of today.
from a personnel standpoint there are some things we can cut. the g.i. bill, i have been a long and strong supporter. about it doesn t provide benefits for the military service members to go to college, also the spouses. i think we ought to look at that as well. shannon: we know the debt commission, whatever comes from the commission would be official december 1. any other advice for them? $100 billion sounds like a lot. it s a huge chunk. i hope this new congress one of the great things about this new congress, we have members who actually have on the battlefield experience in places like iraq and afghanistan. and know thes in and out of the pentagon bureaucracy.