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The Democratic National Committee has chosen Tom Perez as new party leader

27 Febbraio 2017 BreakingNews @en di

The Democratic National Committee has chosen its new leader, will be Thomas Perez, former Secretary of Labor during the Obama administration and Department of Justice civil rights lawyer, defeated his closest rival, Congressman Keith Ellison, who will cover the post of deputy. Perez’s victory was helped by the support of the party establishment, in particular Joe Biden and Eric Holder, the new leader has made it clear that it intends to rebuild the party according to a model less centralized, Perez will look to take advantage of the strong political mobilization against Trump to strengthen the party in his local detachments. The election of Perez marks for the Democratic Party a sharp left turn that the new party leader must be able to control, avoiding that was occurred to the GOP that has been found to have an internal faction, the Tea Party, stronger of the same party.

Lieutenant General Raymond McMaster named Trump's top security adviser

22 Febbraio 2017 BreakingNews @en di

Lieutenant General Raymond McMaster was appointed by President Trump new Advisor for National Security, his appointment has surprised a bit the analysts because McMaster often had problems with his superiors due to his frank character, which has proved,in general, that Trump not appreciated too much. The General, however, has a high reputation both in the military and in political circles, some of the army colleagues consider him the best tactician of his generation, even opponents of the President have much respect for him, for example Senator McCain has expressed his appreciation for McMaster. The only problem is with the opinion that the new Advisor have ragarding to Russia, unlike Flynn and Trump, McMaster considers Russia a threat to US security and not a geopolitical ally.

Tillerson intends to keep a low profile unlike the President Trump

20 Febbraio 2017 BreakingNews @en di

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is proving very fond of the spotlight, unlike the President Trump who loves the media attention, Tillerson has already made it clear to senior officials of the State Department that it intends to keep a low profile, in sharp contrast with his predecessor John Kerry who often spoke to the press. The style of Tillerson has seen in his first commitment of great importance, the G20 in Germany, where he got to meet several foreign Ministers, in particularly had reassured Japan and South Korea about the US commitment against Korea North in the Pacifc area. The Choose of a low profile, however, causes problems to journalists, who can not read well the moves of Tillerson, but also to his colleagues, in fact, france Minister of Foregin Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault after meeting with Secretary of State during the G20 has called “vague” his positions, especially regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

David Petraeus won't be the director of the Trump's National Security

19 Febbraio 2017 Americas/BreakingNews @en di

David Petraeus will not be the director of the National Security of the President Trump, the two were supposed to meet in Florida in the private residence of Trump but the meeting there will not be, according to reports the rejection of Petraeus would be due to the desire to have the final say on the NSC decisions, something that the President is not willing to do, it seems that is for the same reason that Robert Harward has refused the nominee. Candidates to replace the resigned Michael Flynn now are: Keith Kellogg, head of the NSC staff, Keith Alexander, former Director of the NSA, John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN, Raymond Odierno, former Chief of Staff of Army and HR McMaster, High Official of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. Some of them could encounter Trump during the weekend in the Southern White House.

From 'Southern White House,' Trump seeks to calm reports of chaos

19 Febbraio 2017 BreakingNews @en di

Trump flew at his residence in Florida for the weekend, what he himself has nicknamed “the Southern White House”, from here is trying at this time to bring order into the chaotic situation that has arisen after the resignation of Michael Flynn and after rumors by NY Times that reporting of alleged meetings between representatives of the Russian government and the managers of the Trump campaign. The President stressed during this week that the difficulties that his government is encountering are due to mismanagement of Obama, especially regarding the work, although the data say that with Obama there were 2 million more jobs and the employment growth for 75 consecutive months.

After Flynn's resignation Trump speeds up the process to find his replacement.

18 Febbraio 2017 BreakingNews @en di

After Flynn’s resignation as Advisor for the National Security President Trump trying to speed up the process to find his replacement. In recent days Trump claimed to have narrowed the number of candidates to four, one of them the former Admiral Robert Harward gave up the appointment for family reasons, on the table are three possible candidates: David Petraeus, former CIA Director and former General,Keith Kellogg, chief of staff of the White House National Security Council, and finally, according to NBC, would also in play James Jones, former Commandant of the US European Command and former Obama’s Advisor in 2009-2010.

Puzder, victim of a harsh media campaign, has renounced to the appointment as Secretary of Labor

17 Febbraio 2017 Americas/BreakingNews @en di

Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants Inc., has renounced to the appointment as Secretary of Labor, the CEO had been chosen as Secretary of Labor by Trump in December but the confirmation of his appointment had appeared already complicated to same ad, Puzder was the victim of a harsh media campaign, directed at highlighting the flaws of his company and his personal behavior, in fact, has been branded as a sexist, had hired illegal immigrants for years and finally has been accused of mistreatment by his ex-wife, also his appointment was not at all pleasing to the unions having regard to its extremely strong position about robotics in the production.

U.S. lawmakers push for answers of unclear relationships between the new administration Trump and the Russian government

17 Febbraio 2017 Americas/BreakingNews @en di

The resignation of National Security Advisor have brought to light the issue of unclear relationships between the new administration Trump and the Russian government, many Republican lawmakers claim that is made clarity on the subject, not only through the establishment of a bipartisan commission of inquiry but also through in-depth investigation by the Intelligence Agencies. The White House, with the help of the Department of Justice and loyalists of Capitol Hill, trying to ward off this possibility,the supporters of Trump are willing to initiate a parliamentary investigation as long as have lead it will be the existing Parliamentary Commitees led by the GOP. In this sense, the President has renewed yesterday, during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister, his esteem for the former Advisor Michael Flynn that,according to Trump,would be victim of “mistreatment by the media

NATO chief Stoltenberg: Four robust battle groups to be deployed in the Baltics, Poland

15 Febbraio 2017 BreakingNews @en di

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announces four robust multinational battle groups will be deployed on the Alliance’s eastern flank in June in response to Russia’s aggressive actions against Ukraine, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels. “We discussed the progress of the deployment and I expect all four battalions to be fully operational by June” Stoltenberg said. He also expressed confidence that the United States would stay committed to NATO, to the transatlantic bond but also to the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of all European states including Ukraine.

After the resignation of Michael Flynn, the Democrats demand

15 Febbraio 2017 Americas/BreakingNews @en di

After the resignation of National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, due to his repeated conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US, the Democrats demand again to the administration and to the Congress, Republican majority, which is made clear on the links that the new administration has with Russia calling for the formation of an independent and bipartisan commission of inquiry in Congress. A Favor of Democratic proposal has also deployed the GOP Sen. McCain, while other Republicans have merely taken note of the resignation of Flynn considering them a duty saw the loss of the relationship of trust between him and the President. It should be stressed that according to reports the Department of Justice would allert the administration about the talks between Flynn and the Russian Ambassador a month ago.

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