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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday that he “couldn’t be happier” with President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees, and said he will work to move them forward as quickly as possible.
When Paul was asked during an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” if he would support all of Trump’s picks for his inner circle, the senator responded, “I couldn’t have picked better.”
“I will support the vast majority from day one,” said the senator. “We’ll try to get Kristi Noem through the Department of Homeland Security, Russ Vought through (Office of Management and Budget)… I think in the first week we’ll have half a dozen of them approved.”
Paul said he will oversee a committee tasked with confirming the nominees, adding: “I am committed to approving them as quickly as possible.”
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Sen. Rand Paul has said he will chair the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee when the new Congress begins in January. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
Paul has said he will chair the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee when the new Congress begins in January.
Trump has handpicked a number of establishment and unconventional officials for the top 15 positions in his Cabinet, including Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FBI Director Kash Patel and Sen. Marco Rubio as candidate for Secretary of State.
Paul said he “couldn’t be happier” with President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, file)
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Some of Trump’s picks proved controversial, including Patel, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard.
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In late November, Fox News Digital learned that nearly a dozen of Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other appointees to the incoming administration were subjected to “violent, un-American threats to their lives and those who live with them.”
