January 12, 2017 C-SPAN News
The House Armed Services Committee met and voted down party lines 34-28 to pass a waiver that would allow retired Gen. James Mattis to become the next defense secretary. The law requires a defense secretary be removed from uniformed military service for at least seven years. Earlier, the Senate voted in favor of the waiver.
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Rex “Drill-Baby-Drill” Tillerson Secretary Of State Confirmation Hearing
(PART #1) January 11, 2017 CSPAN News
Former ExxonMobil Chair and CEO Rex Tillerson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination to be the next secretary of state in the Trump administration. He answered questions from committee members on a wide range of issues concerning foreign affairs, diplomacy, international human rights, regional conflicts around the globe, and U.S. security interests at home and abroad.
(PART #2)