Thread by @vermontgmg

SHORT THREAD: Your Monday reminder that, despite all the threats facing the US, Donald Trump has left many of the most important national security jobs in the US government vacant....

* We currently have an acting Dir of National Intelligence, an acting Principal Dep Dir of Nat Intel, an acting head of the National Counterterrorism Center...

* At DHS, there is an acting Secretary and Dep Sec, an acting chief of staff, executive secretary, CFO, general counsel, CIO, a vacant Under Sec for Management and vacant Under Sec for Sci & Tech, ...

* and no confirmed heads of ANY border or immigration agency— @CBP, @USCIS, or @ICEgov —and an acting @FEMA Director, and no Asst Sec for Countering WMD, an acting head of public affairs, and no Chief Privacy Officer. Most of those roles have been vacant for months.

@CBP @USCIS @ICEgov @fema * More broadly, at DOJ, the #3 role has been vacant since February *2018*, there's been no confirmed director of @ATFHQ during the ENTIRE Trump administration, nor Dep Director. And there's no Director or Dep Dir at @DEAHQ.

@CBP @USCIS @ICEgov @fema @ATFHQ @DEAHQ * At the Pentagon, there's no Sec of the Navy, no Chief Management Officer, no CIO, no CFO. And at State, there's no Under Sec for Public Diplomacy, no Asst Sec for Arms Control, no Asst Sec for Europe, no Asst Sec for South Asia, nor a Asst Sec for the Western Hemisphere.