Senate should act to stock Trump’s Cabinet

By Washington Examiner

Published January 14, 2017 5:03am ET

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Senate should act to stock Trump’s Cabinet — Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, President-elect Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, sailed through his confirmation hearing and won bipartisan approval of a waiver from a law that bars former military members from serving as defense secretary within seven years of retiring. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) | Gerry Broome

It wasn’t supposed to be this easy. Ever since President-elect Trump won the election, Democrats have promised to use the confirmation process to grill and obstruct his Cabinet picks.

But Trump’s choices for secretary of state, secretary of defense and attorney general all emerged from hearings this week unscathed, and in a strong position to win confirmation. That’s partly because the president-elect picked the right people for the jobs.

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