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*If I heard correctly* #Mattis said Trump understands Mattis's strong support for NATO, but did not say he shares that view.10:46 AM - 12 Jan 2017
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"He's got a huge antitrust problem because he's controlling so much, Amazon is controlling so much of what they are doing."
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#Mattis says Iran nuclear deal "is an imperfect arms control agreement, it’s not a friendship treaty" but US must uphold.10:24 AM - 12 Jan 2017
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#Mattis tells Senate Armed Services that US strategy to defeat Islamic State may need to be "energized on a more aggressive timeline"10:18 AM - 12 Jan 2017
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Trump picks Giuliani to assemble cyber security meetings with executives
ReutersU.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to meet with corporate executives who have faced cyber security challenges in a series of meetings arranged by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, his transition team said in a statement. -
Trump's Pentagon pick says U.S. must be ready to confront Russia
ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon told Congress on Thursday the United States must be ready to confront Russian behavior in areas where the two countries cannot cooperate, even as he backed Trump's bid to engage with Moscow. -
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U.S. intelligence chief Clapper says spoke with Trump about media leaks
ReutersU.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday evening to discuss media leaks of a classified intelligence briefing on Russian hacking that Trump received last Friday. -
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Kremlin says hopes Putin and Trump will get along, disagrees with Tillerson
ReutersThe Kremlin said on Thursday it hoped President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump would get along and that there would be more mutual respect in U.S.-Russia relations than there was under the Obama administration. -
As Trump meets biotech CEOs, farm advisers fret over empty USDA spot
Trump has left the agriculture secretary as the last department head to be named to his Cabinet, while a meeting with the chief executives of two agribusiness giants gave a hint at a roster of farm issues the incoming president will face. -
Growing numbers of U.S. states are seeking to ensure that women have continued access to free birth control in case the insurance benefit is dropped as part of President-elect Donald Trump's vow to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Read More
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Tillerson says China should be barred from South China Sea islands
ReutersU.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state has set a course for a potentially serious confrontation with Beijing, saying China should be denied access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea. -
Trump, tech tycoons talk overhaul of H1B visas
ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump's transition team has been actively considering ways to revamp a temporary visa program used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs, according to sources familiar with the discussions. -
Mattis, Carson, Pompeo take hot seat at confirmation hearings - Reuters TV
Reuters TVDonald Trump's cabinet nominees James Mattis, Ben Carson and Mike Pompeo face Senate committees Thursday for their confirmation hearings. -
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Former MI-6 spy known to U.S. agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia
Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on President-elect Donald Trump, is a former officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, according to people familiar with his career. -
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'You are fake news!' Trump presides over turbulent news conference
ReutersThe drama started early at Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect. -
"I think it was disgraceful, disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out. I think it's a disgrace, and I say that ... that's something that Nazi Germany would have done and did do."- Donald Trump at New York press conference. Read more -
CNN says its reports on Trump intel documents different from BuzzFeed's
ReutersCNN, the news division of Time Warner Inc, said on Wednesday its decision to publish "carefully sourced reporting" on unverified intelligence documents concerning President-elect Donald Trump is "vastly different than BuzzFeed's decision to publish unsubstantiated memos." -
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Putin says Russia will follow up fast after Ukraine call with Biden
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would send ideas to Washington within a week to follow up his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Ukraine crisis.
