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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Department of Education Is Spending a Mind-Boggling Amount of Money to Protect Betsy DeVos
Meanwhile the Trump administration plans to slash her department by $9 billion.Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been met with angry mobs since her narrow confimation in mid-February. As a result, the department is spending a staggering $1 million per month to keep her safe, according to the Washington Post. "The [U.S.] Marshals Service is hiring nearly two-dozen people to guard her," the report finds.
Under an agreement signed in late Month, DeVos will be under its protection through September, but she may use law enforcement agency's services for the duration of her term.
The Post report also noted that while "the new outlay is a tiny fraction of the departments budget, [it] comes as the Trump administration has proposed slashing the spending plan by $9 billion, or 13.5 percent."
The education secretary is the sole cabinet member who requires protection from the United States Marshal Service. According to the agency's spokeswoman Lynzey Donahue, no cabinet member has required such protection in nearly a decade.
Under an agreement signed in late Month, DeVos will be under its protection through September, but she may use law enforcement agency's services for the duration of her term.
The Post report also noted that while "the new outlay is a tiny fraction of the departments budget, [it] comes as the Trump administration has proposed slashing the spending plan by $9 billion, or 13.5 percent."
The education secretary is the sole cabinet member who requires protection from the United States Marshal Service. According to the agency's spokeswoman Lynzey Donahue, no cabinet member has required such protection in nearly a decade.
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The Department of Education Is Spending a Mind-Boggling Amount of Money to Protect Betsy DeVos (Original Post)
madokie
Apr 2017
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riversedge
(70,047 posts)1. good Grief!
spanone
(135,781 posts)2. they should be protecting us from her.
madokie
(51,076 posts)4. Us and our Kids
Its hard for me to be civil to a tRump voter. Some of my family voted for the bastard, friends too. I'm in a bad place right now because of his sorry ass.
Our country is going to hell in a hand basket and some ('CONs,) are cheering it on.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)3. That an Education Secretary would need any sort of protection
is a good indication that this one is the wrong person to hold that job. For pity's sake!