Just hours after President Trump was sworn into office, amid Chuck Schumer's jabs over HUD, the Senate has confirmed retired Marine General James Mattis as defense secretary and retired Marine General John Kelly as homeland security secretary. They were both expected to be confirmed easily, and were, but Democrats promised fights over several other nominees.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-20/senate-confirms-mattis-defense-kelly-homeland-trumps-first-day

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