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DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)exboyfil
(17,863 posts)According to Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_reshuffle
For instance, in the United States, it would be very unusual for a president to reassign multiple cabinet secretaries to new positions, especially since a United States Cabinet member moved to a new position within the cabinet needs to be confirmed in the new role by the United States Senatethis alone is seen as a powerful deterrent against U.S. presidents initiating major cabinet reshuffles.
Richardson had to be confirmed when he went from UN Ambassador to Secretary of Energy. Also Frederico Pena from Secretary of Transportation to Secretary of Energy.
Mike Leavitt when he went from EPA Administrator to Secretary of HHS and had a confirmation hearing
Hodel went from Secretary of Energy to Interior and had a confirmation hearing.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)investigation as NY AG is running parallel investigastions
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)And it would not surprise me at all if Mueller has a doomsday bomb primed and ready to detonate should that happen.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)contingency plans in the event of his firing, no doubt.