a stretch in early june, according to the washington post. let s talk about this, with us is our national political correspondent and a former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and affairs. he is a distinguished fellow with the digital forensic research lab. gentlemen, welcome to you both. steve, tom price lost his job over shall we call it, a transportation issue. are these people any different? you look at super officially this is the same thing. in both cases you look at that issue of perks of very expensive travel in the case of the veterans affairs secretary, bringing along his wife. if you believe there was a precedent set with tom price,
we remember that phrase from the campaign, problem is making good on that claim. of late today the new york times reports president s inaugural committee paid almost $0226 million to an event planning firm started by an adviser to the first lady milania trump. and the inspector general found that veterans a affairs chief of staff changed e-mails so his wife could join him on an official trip to europe at taxpayer expense. he was an obama holdover, he also accepted gifts of tickets to a wimbledon s tennis match. a day earlier epa administrator scott pruitt revealed authority concerns forced him to fly first class or on military jets at taxpayer events. it cost at least $90,000 during a stretch in early june, according to the washington post. let s talk about this, with us is our national political correspondent and a former undersecretary of state for
that veterans affairs chief of staff altered an e-mail and make an official statement so his wife could join him on an official trip to europe at taxpayer expense. he was an obama holdover, he also accepted gifts of tickets to a wimbledon s tennis match. quote, valued at thousands of dollars on the secondary commercial market. a day earlier epa administrator scott pruitt revealed concerns forced him to fly first class or on military jets at taxpayer events. taxpayer funded travel for pruitt and his top aides cost at least $90,000 during a stretch in early june, according to the washington post. let s talk about this, with us is our national political correspondent and a former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and affairs. former managing editor of time magazine. he is a distinguished fellow
and there are others. he has attracted a whole lot of attention and not all of it good. the question being asked font is, is he an asset or a liability at this point in the presidency. with us tonight to talk about this, rick stengel, former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and affairs at the state department tp the former managing editor of time magazine and phillip rucker is back with us. phillip you re the closest to this you will of a us. i d like to begin by asking you to describe the kushner/trump relationship and as a subset of that yeah. do you believe with any seriousness we re looking at a possible loss of his security clearance? well, to describe the relationship, i mean these two are family. jared kushner is the son-in-law but also in some ways trump s protest he. he has risen up in trump s real estate and in the few field of
undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and affairs at the state department tp the former managing editor of time magazine and phillip rucker is back with us. phillip you re the closest to this you will of a us. i d like to begin by asking you to describe the kushner/trump relationship and as a subset of that yeah. do you believe with any seriousness we re looking at a possible loss of his security clearance? well, to describe the relationship, i mean these two are family. jared kushner is the son-in-law but also in some ways trump s protest he. he has risen up in trump s real estate and in the few field of politics and policy. he is the adviser the president turns to the most inside the white house when it comes to foreign policy. he almost functions as a shadow secretary of state. he is taking the lead on the middle east, taking the lead on the u.s. relationship with china.