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Who’s who in Team Trump · The Front

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  Speaker 1: From the Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Claire Harvey.
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  Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, November thirteen. There's been a five billion dollar
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  Speaker 1: hike in public sector wages for Commonwealth public servants, the
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  Speaker 1: Australians revealing today there are twenty six thousand new public
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  Speaker 1: servants in Canberra. The hardhead, the Hawks, the ice maiden,
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  Speaker 1: the interrogator, and the anti vaxxer. Today on the Front
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  Speaker 1: we meet Team Trump's starting lineup and find out how
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  Speaker 1: they all start reshaping the world. One of the things
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump is most famous for is firing people. Wondering
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  Speaker 1: what you would say to President Obama, you're firing. His
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  Speaker 1: first term set new turnover records, and some high ranking
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  Speaker 1: White House staff set records of their own. For the
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  Speaker 1: shortest ever terms in office, Trump sacked four chiefs of staff,
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  Speaker 1: a Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Inspector General of the
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  Speaker 1: Intelligence Community, and many more. Now, as President elect, Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump has to find a new team, and the names
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  Speaker 1: are coming in fast. Florida Senator Marco Rubio will be
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  Speaker 1: Secretary of State, the first person of Latino extraction in
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  Speaker 1: the job. Rubio previously ran for the Republican nomination in
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  Speaker 1: twenty sixteen against Trump. He called Trump a con artist
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  Speaker 1: and the.
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  Speaker 2: Most vulgar person ever aspired to the presidency in terms
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  Speaker 2: of how he's carried out his candidacy.
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  Speaker 1: Congresswoman Elise Stephanik has also had a change of heart
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  Speaker 1: about Trump, turning from an establishment Republican moderate to one
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  Speaker 1: of Trump's most vocal allies and a powerful advocate for
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  Speaker 1: the gun lobby. She'll be Trump's ambassador to the United
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  Speaker 1: Nations and top of her agenda will be Israel.
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  Speaker 2: She's been critical of the way that the United Nations
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  Speaker 2: has responded to the Israel question following the October seven,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three attack on Israel by Hamas, and she's
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  Speaker 2: taken up a sort of attack dog PERSONA.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Kelly is the Australian's National affairs editor. He's in Washington, DC.
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  Speaker 2: She's very direct and to the point. I think that's
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  Speaker 2: something that has endeared her to Donald Trump, and probably
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  Speaker 2: Australians might remember her from those hearings where she was
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  Speaker 2: questioning the leaders of some of America's top universities about
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  Speaker 2: their policies related to criticism of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: That's not what you were asked.
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  Speaker 2: You were asked, were there any anti Jewish protests?
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  Speaker 1: And you said no.
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  Speaker 2: So the protest was.
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  Speaker 1: Not labeled as an anti Jewish protest.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not asking what it was labeled, and the Israeli
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  Speaker 2: government the question wasn't what it was labeled. She is
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  Speaker 2: also a staunch Trump political ally. She has stuck with
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump and defended him through two impeachment processes. She
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  Speaker 2: is only forty years old, and she is a senior Republican.
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  Speaker 2: She's the fourth ranking House Republican. She is being rewarded
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  Speaker 2: and Donald Trump has great confidence in her and her abilities. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: at the UN, we're living through a period of great
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  Speaker 2: global uncertainty where there are conflicts in the Middle East
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  Speaker 2: and also in Eastern Europe. So these are the questions
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  Speaker 2: that she'll be dealing with. Claire.
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  Speaker 1: I noticed in her statement accepting the job, Joe, she
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  Speaker 1: described Donald Trump's policy or philosophy as America first, peace
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  Speaker 1: through strength leadership on the world stage.
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  Speaker 2: What does that mean, good question, Claire. It is the slogan,
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  Speaker 2: the line if you like that is being repeated by
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  Speaker 2: so many people, including by jd Vance Peace through Strength.
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  Speaker 1: Governor Walts can criticize Donald Trump's tweets, but effective, smart
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  Speaker 1: diplomacy and peace through strength is how you bring stability
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  Speaker 1: back to a very broken world.
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  Speaker 2: But mostly it is an attempt to remind people, not
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  Speaker 2: only Americans, but I think people all around the world
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  Speaker 2: that a lot of these conflicts and disturbances that have
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  Speaker 2: happened have happened under Joe Biden's watch. And the people
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  Speaker 2: associated with Donald Trump and Donald Trump himself, of course,
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  Speaker 2: are making the point that he was president during a
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  Speaker 2: period of relative global stability, and so their narrative, their
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  Speaker 2: political argument is this was because people didn't want to
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  Speaker 2: start things while Donald Trump was in power. So I
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  Speaker 2: think this is the political slogan to suggest to people
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  Speaker 2: that Donald Trump will be an American strong man, that
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  Speaker 2: he will be someone that other world leaders won't want
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  Speaker 2: to go around starting things on his watch. Legal assyls
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  Speaker 2: are not charged with any crime when you're in the country.
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  Speaker 3: I legalist violation eight United States Cold thirteen twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Seeking asylum is legal.
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  Speaker 3: You want zikusim goal through the port of entry, do
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  Speaker 3: it the legal way.
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  Speaker 2: This is Tom Homan So. He was a former acting
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  Speaker 2: director of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He
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  Speaker 2: was also a contributor to the Heritage Foundation's twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: five Conservative Blueprint, where he contributed some ideas on immigration reform,
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  Speaker 2: and he has given interviews today making clear that he
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  Speaker 2: will take a very tough line on the border. But specifically,
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump says that he will be charged with conducting
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  Speaker 2: mass deportations, and this was really one of the contentious
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  Speaker 2: parts of the Trumpian agenda. But Tom Homan today has
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  Speaker 2: made clear that he is willing to conduct these deportations,
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  Speaker 2: and he's appealed to democratic estates and democratic cities to
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  Speaker 2: cooperate with the new Trump administration to help them conduct
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  Speaker 2: these deportations. And he says that if they don't, they'll
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  Speaker 2: just ramp up the number of agents they need to
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  Speaker 2: go about and do this. So the example he used
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  Speaker 2: this morning was a New York City. So there have
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  Speaker 2: been a lot of migrants coming into New York City
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  Speaker 2: in the last couple of years. The New York Times
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  Speaker 2: was reporting just over the weekend that it was two
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  Speaker 2: hundred thousand since twenty twenty two, and that so much
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  Speaker 2: money has been spent on shelters. This, in some part
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  Speaker 2: explains why Trump was able to pick up so much
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  Speaker 2: support in some of these democratic strongholds that we're experiencing
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  Speaker 2: influxes in immigration. So Tom Homan today is saying that
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  Speaker 2: they will act with or without the support of these
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  Speaker 2: democratic states and cities. Obviously he would prefer their support,
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  Speaker 2: but he is going to take a tough approach.
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  Speaker 1: National Security Advisor is another crucial position in the government.
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  Speaker 1: Joe and Donald Trump is appointed Mike Waltz, who's himself
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  Speaker 1: a former soldier. He's a bit of a China Hawk.
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  Speaker 1: What does that mean for the United States as news
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  Speaker 1: stance on China?
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  Speaker 2: Do you think, Well, Claire, this is a very important position,
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  Speaker 2: national Security Advisor, and it's also a role that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: require Senate approval. Mike Waltz is by background, someone with
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  Speaker 2: arguably an aggressive disposition when it comes to questions of
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  Speaker 2: a national defense. The first Green Beret to serve in Congress.
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  Speaker 2: He's also a former White House and Pentagon policy advisor.
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  Speaker 2: He had multiple tours in Afghanistan. He served in the
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  Speaker 2: Middle East and in Africa. He won four Bronze Stars.
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  Speaker 2: So I think given his credentials, this is the sort
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  Speaker 2: of person that Donald Trump will be attracted to.
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  Speaker 1: Coming up meeting the Ice Maiden in Donald Trump's White House.
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  Speaker 1: Remember how Trump sacked for White House chiefs of staff
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  Speaker 1: in term one. Well, for term two he's appointed a
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  Speaker 1: rusted on loyalist, Susie Wiles, who steer his re election campaign.
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  Speaker 1: She'll be the first woman in the job.
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  Speaker 2: Apparently she's one of the few people who's able to
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  Speaker 2: say no to Donald Trump. That's a positive quality to
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  Speaker 2: have in a chief of staff Claire, but again, she's
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  Speaker 2: seen as someone who is loyal to him.
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  Speaker 1: Susie likes to stay sort of in the back.
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  Speaker 2: Let me tell you the ace Stade.
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  Speaker 1: We call it the ace wed La.
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  Speaker 2: We saw. In the weeks leading up to the November
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  Speaker 2: five election, one of his former chief of staff's, John Kelly,
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  Speaker 2: gave very damning interviews in which he discussed Donald Trump's
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  Speaker 2: fascist tendencies. At least according to John Kelly.
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  Speaker 3: He shouldn't be not authoritarian, admires people who are dictators.
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  Speaker 3: He has said that, so he certainly falls into the
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  Speaker 3: general definition of fascist for sure.
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  Speaker 2: So Donald Trump has confidence that's Ceasey Wilds is a
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  Speaker 2: completely different, more trustworthy appointment as chief of staff, someone
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  Speaker 2: that he views will never engage in that sort of
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  Speaker 2: rehtoric or discussion about him.
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  Speaker 1: And finally Joe.
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  Speaker 3: Robert F.
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  Speaker 1: Kennedy is somebody who ran for president himself, didn't get
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  Speaker 1: many votes, but on the podium while accepting victory, Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump suggested that he would be put in charge of health.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't really outline exactly what that was going to mean. Bobby,
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  Speaker 1: stay away from the liquid gold, other than that go
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  Speaker 1: have a good time Bobby. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is
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  Speaker 1: of course an anti vaxer. He's also opposed to fluoridation
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  Speaker 1: of the water.
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  Speaker 3: I think fluoride is a poison. Ione was saying that
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  Speaker 3: if a fluoride drug crashes on the highway, they have
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  Speaker 3: to clear the highway for miles around.
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  Speaker 2: Robert Kennedy doesn't have much experience with the government. I
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  Speaker 2: spoke to Mike Green last week. So Mike Green worked
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  Speaker 2: for the Bush White House, he worked on campaigns for
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  Speaker 2: Mitt Romney, and he was pretty frank in his assessment
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  Speaker 2: of Robert Kennedy. Said that he would be someone that
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  Speaker 2: was granted access to the Oval office, but someone at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day, with very little experience about
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  Speaker 2: how government works. So I think Donald Trump will be
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  Speaker 2: cognizant of that. He'll need to be aware of the
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  Speaker 2: political capital and currency that Robert Kennedy brings to him
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  Speaker 2: after dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump. But
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  Speaker 2: he'll also need to be aware of the limitations of
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  Speaker 2: Robert Kennedy, and also he would be aware of some
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  Speaker 2: of the concerns over Robert Kennedy's positions in relation to vaccines.
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  Speaker 2: There is a lot of discussion in the American media
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  Speaker 2: over the last few days about Robert Kennedy's position on
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  Speaker 2: vaccines and the concern that is generating. So I think
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  Speaker 2: this is a delicate balancing act for Donald Trump to
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  Speaker 2: go share.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Kelly is The Australian's National Affairs editor. He's in Washington, DC.
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  Speaker 1: Australia has a big decision to make about its own
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  Speaker 1: appointment to the court of Donald Trump, Ambassador Kevin Rudd,
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  Speaker 1: who's previously expressed his disdain for the President elect. For now,
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  Speaker 1: Anthony Albanezi's standing by Rudd. You can follow the latest
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  Speaker 1: on that unfolding story right now at The Australian dot
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  Speaker 1: com dot au