White House leaves recess appointments ‘on the table’

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President Trump is open to making recess appointments to fill key vacancies in his administration while the Senate is out of business in mid-March, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday.

“Everything’s on the table. All of that is being discussed,” Conway told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt when asked during an interview if Trump might appoint his deputy secretary of defense and solicitor general on March 22, when the Senate departs for recess next month.

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