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John Thune: “The first ones that are going to come up are the national…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Interview with Senator John Thune on Senate Leadership and Cabinet Appointments

Published | Video Starts at 10:59

My view is we want to do this the regular way and give the Democrats a chance to work with us on getting people in place. And The first ones that are going to come up are the national security. And I hope the Democrats will work with us on defense and CIA and NSA and some of those and state. But if they become obstacles and obstructionists to moving these along, I mean, we're going to grind them out on the floor of the United States Senate. (10:59–11:07)

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Asserts that national security appointments, including defense, CIA, NSA, and state, are prioritized.

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