Turnover at the top levels of the Trump administration has set a modern record for turmoil. As of last week, with the departure of Linda McMahon from the Small Business Administration and Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen from the department of Homeland Security, 14 of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet members will have left their jobs. Now, nearly a quarter of the administration’s top executive offices are filled by “acting” appointees without Senate approval. But the Senate has the right and responsibility to confirm or, if the nominee is deemed inappropriate, to reject those nominees. Editorial by the Los Angeles TimesVisit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.comDistributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 16, 2019 08:03 UTC