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New Senate GOP Leader Thune Open To Recess Appointments, Analysts See ‘Difficult’ Path For SecDef Pick

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New Senate GOP Leader Thune Open To Recess Appointments, Analysts See ‘Difficult’ Path For SecDef Pick
U.S. Senator John Thune, of South Dakota, and his wife Kimberley, eat lunch in the Powidz Air base dining facility, Powidz, Poland, with a Soldier mobilized to Poland in support of Atlantic Resolve during a Congressional delegation visit to Powidz Air Base February 16. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Ryan C. Matson, 652nd Regional Support Group)

Newly elected Senate Republican leader John Thune (R-S.D.) reiterated his openness on Wednesday to potentially allowing recess appointments to skirt around the traditional confirmation process and quickly install President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks. Thune told reporters the Senate GOP will “explore all options” when it comes to considering nominees, with the comments following analysts’ prediction that Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, is likely to face a “very difficult” pathway to confirmation. “What we’re going to do is make…

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