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Jun 24
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Trump's poor choices for national securi...

RACHEL MADDOW, MSNBC
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Rachel Maddow reviews the cast of characters that staff important national security roles in the Trump administration, and whose lack of qualifications for their jobs matters even more now that Donald Trump's bombing of Iran has raised the threat level for Americans everywhere in the world.

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