Trump Begins Appointments

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President-elect Donald Trump has begun the process of filling his Cabinet. Yesterday, he appointed Reince Priebus, as chief of staff and Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor. Bannon’s appointment is prompting harsh criticism and concern among political strategists as he is a figure closely associated with the white-nationalist “alt-right” movement.  Bannon is the former executive chairman of Breitbart News, whom the Anti-Defamation League describes as, “the premier website of the ‘alt-right’—a loose-knit group of white nationalists and unabashtyed anti-Semites and racists.”