Trump announces 11 more White House hires

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Source: Politico

Donald Trump announced the appointment of 11 White House staffers Wednesday, making official a series of long-expected hires.

Among those announced: the naming of former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault as director of communications for the office of public liaison, and Trump's private security director Keith Schiller as deputy assistant to the president and director of Oval Office operations.

And as expected, two top campaign aides to Mike Pence landed senior roles. Marc Short will serve as the director of legislative affairs and Josh Pitcock will serve as the vice presidents chief of staff. Jen Pavlik, who worked as an aide to Pence during his time in Congress and as Indianas governor, will be Pences deputy chief of staff.

Bill Stepien, a former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, will serve as White House political director.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/01/trump-white-house-hires-233189

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The best and the brightest...

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1. Here are their pictures ...

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2. Maybe this works too ...

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3. The man is a lunatic

When there is a crisis the talent deficit will be very clear for all to see

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4. Well Omarosa was a staffer in Bill's White House

ON EDIT - in Al Gore's office


Omarosa worked in the office of then-Vice President Al Gore during the Clinton Administration.[13] Omarosa has since falsely inflated her role in interviews claiming she was the Deputy Associate Director of Presidential Personnel, when in fact she was a scheduling correspondent.[13][14] She was transferred to two different divisions within the office.

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5. Chris Christie didn't trust Stepien's judgement.

From wikipedia:

Stepien served as campaign manager in Chris Christie's successful campaign for Governor of New Jersey in 2009.[5] Christie's first major announcement after winning the election was the naming of four top staffers, including Stepien as a Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs.[6] In April 2013, Stepien resigned from that position to become the manager of Christie's re-election campaign.[7] His replacement as Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs was Bridget Anne Kelly.[8]

After he was re-elected Governor, Christie announced that he wanted Stepien to take over the chairmanship of the New Jersey Republican Party from Sam Raia. On January 7, 2013, Christie said, "I’ve asked Bill Stepien to be our new State Party Chairman because no one better understands how to grow our party, communicate our message and, most importantly, win elections...Bill Stepien is the best Republican operative in the country, and New Jersey Republicans will be fortunate to have him leading our Party."[9] However, just two days later, on January 9, Christie announced that he had "lost my confidence in Bill's judgment," and he asked Stepien to withdraw his name from consideration for the state Republican chairman.[10]

The shocking turnaround was a result of Stepien's work on Christie's re-election campaign, where he became embroiled in the criminal closure of access lanes to the George Washington Bridge. Investigators eventually discovered that Stepien was in a romantic relationship with Bridget Kelly, his replacement as Christie's deputy chief of staff. Their relationship lasted until August 2013, just as the plan to close the lanes was being implemented.[11] Though their personal relationship was over, Stepien was kept abreast of the lane closures and the intended fallout. It was the emails between Stepien and those involved in the lane closures that sealed his fate. Christie said, "I was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude of callous indifference that was displayed in the emails by my former campaign manager, Bill Stepien."[12]

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6. White House in February 2017

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7. You mean this Omarosa?