President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet is shaping up. Today, Rex Tillerson, the head of Exxon Mobil, was announced as Trump’s pick for Secretary of State. Former presidential candidate Rick Perry has reportedly been chosen to run the Energy Department. It’s an agency Perry vowed to dismantle during his 2012 presidential run.
Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general who has called himself an opponent of what he says is the EPA’s “activist agenda” has been picked to lead the agency. And retired Marine General James “Mad Dog” Mattis has been tapped by Trump to be Defense Secretary.
Those are just a few of President-elect Trump’s picks. Now, keep in mind most of the Cabinet nominations require Senate confirmation. But in any case, how do you think these appointments will fare? Do the choices make sense for a Trump presidency that is set to work with a Republican-led Congress? What will be some of the signature issues they focus on?
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