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Director & CEO, UVA’s Miller Center. Believes in a Promised Land... most of the time. https://t.co/NIL3hQHOBV
Mar 18, 2020 18 tweets 4 min read
Is Coronavirus the final Trump Crisis?

How many times have we heard "Trump’s handling of X will be a turning point and/or define his presidency”?

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Firing James Comey, the Russia investigation, #Charlottesville, the failed repeal of Obamacare, Tax Cuts, Stormy Daniels, the 2018 midterm, Mattis’s resignation, crime reform bill, government shutdown, Mueller Report, Ukraine whistleblower, NAFTA, Impeachment, Soleimani.

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Feb 10, 2018 12 tweets 2 min read
In looking at the Rob Porter hot-mess, the "interim security clearance" business is very disturbing. Having worked at the White House -- including for the staff secretary -- this feels to be a pretty telling breach. First, gov't jobs eligible for Interim Security can only be designated "National Security/ Non-Critical Sensitive" or "National Security/Critical Sensitive." An Interim Security cannot be given for a Special Sensitive job (which requires Top Secret/SCI)