Archived Drain the swamp? Trump has named more lobbyists to Cabinet than Bush or Obama did in 8 years (salon.com)
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https://unvis.it/https://www.salon.com/2019/09/19/drain-the-swamp-trump-has-named-more-lobbyists-to-cabinet-than-bush-or-obama-did-in-8-years/ :
'President Trump has named more former lobbyists to Cabinet positions in his first three years in office than Barack Obama or George W. Bush did over eight years, The Associated Press reports. '
'With seven lobbyists named to Cabinet-level positions, not to mention former industry executives, Trump is far outpacing former President Obama, who named five former lobbyists to his cabinet over two full terms, and George W. Bush, who named three former lobbyists to Cabinet-level posts during his eight years in office. '
'Aside from Cabinet-level appointments, a ProPublica investigation found that at least 187 Trump political appointees have been federal lobbyists. '
'Former lobbyists similarly run the Department of Defense, Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and the office of the U.S. trade representative. '
'Despite vowing to “drain the swamp,” Trump signed an executive order shortly after taking office that rolled back an Obama directive barring lobbyists from being named to federal agencies that they had lobbied over the previous two years. '
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