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Securing the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal—the transoceanic waterway through which five percent of global commerce flows—is critical for U.S. national security.
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As the Trump presidency reaches its four-week mark, questions persist as to a personnel void within the new administration: hundreds of subcabinet presidential appointments still unfilled that are necessary to manage the labyrinth of federal departments and agencies properly. Annelise Anderson, a Hoover senior fellow and veteran of two presidential transitions, discusses why policy confusion may be at the heart of the Trump administration’s awkward start.
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