Including the staff the the congressional black caucus, and staff throughout various committees. Weve used this work period as an opportunity to invite staffers from both sides of the aisle to come to the white house and discuss shared priorities and find Common Ground on the way forward. And were not just reaching out to capitol hill. We have actively engaged with key leaders and policy makers around the country. Its critical to gather information from states and from people throughout the country rather than just leaders in washington. So to discuss specific action he can take. They leaders, many of whom represent some of the countrys largest manufacturers, Cabinet Members and key aides of the president s staff. The Working Group will engage in a deepdive conversation on the attendees specific areas of expertise. Topics of discussion include deregulation, tax and trade, and infrastructu
infrastructure. After the gripes conclude their discussion, the president s it is staff will compi
maki making with russia, even mexico, a bunch of freelancers presenting peace plans for ukraine around behind the back of the national security council. unless regular order is re-established and that really is mr. mcmaster s job it s going to be hard for anyone to make policy and doubly difficult because our partners around the world don t know who to listen to. you served and became deputy secretary of state. i assume you re reassured that general mcmaster is now the national security adviser. he s a first rate pick and everything he s done whether it was on the battlefield or thinking and writing about national security, i think it s hard to find anyone who has anything negative to say about him, i hope one of conditions he took about taking the job was it
president had very specific goals to enact that he promised the american people, you want to make sure the person fulfilling that job is actually committed to the agenda and vision the president set forth and promised the american people. so there is that s something we re always going to be making smur is in alignment. is the approval process in some what slowing down the appointment of crucial staff. not at all. when you like across where we are we re doing very very well with getting all of these positions filled. i think once in a while you might hear one or two people, but overall generally speaking, i mentioned how much of the beachhead teams we had and those members appointed had 120 days they were there to a i lieu it to make sure a and that s what s happening, but make no mistakes.
and say something contradictory within minutes? yes. the vice president and the secretary of homeland security and they did a good job in i think reassuring europeans except no one in europe could tell what exactly represented the administration s policy and i think secretary tillerson is under the same challenge. all the senior positions that just below that of secretary of state are unfilled. assistant secretaries their vetting people presumably reviewing the process but you have temporary career diplomats filling in some of those spots. that s exactly right. it s not the same thing as having a full time when he s off going to mexico which is a good thing who is back in the white house representing the state department when they re
we were ahead of the curve on the beachhead teams, very clear with the landing teams, it s been a methodical process than seen from top to bottom through, and i think we re doing a phenomenal job. marta? which marta? oh, luck where me. reporter: i have a [ laughter ] reporter: the president in the roosevelt room just said, among other things that the tax plan is nearly finalized but can t be submitted until the health car plan statutorily what i wanted to clarify, is the white house doing a health care proposal? or was he talking about congress and the white house? obviously there s two vehicles, requisition the bloom better answer, the fy17