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WSJ: Trump Considering Rudy Giuliani for Secretary of State

HeadlineNov 15, 2016

In the United States, The Wall Street Journal is reporting former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is currently President-elect Donald Trump’s leading pick for secretary of state. Giuliani was the architect of New York City’s stop-and-frisk program, which disproportionately targeted people of color and was later ruled unconstitutional. Giuliani has called for measures to force Muslims on the government’s terrorism watch list to wear electronic tracking bracelets, and boasted about how he sent undercover NYPD officers to infiltrate mosques. Speaking at the Republican National Convention last July, Giuliani proclaimed, “What I did for New York, Donald Trump will do for America.” Trump has already named Stephen Bannon, former head of the far right-wing Breitbart Media, as his top strategist, and Reince Priebus, head of the Republican National Committee, as his chief of staff. Trump is reportedly also considering former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton as a possible secretary of state, if Giuliani is not chosen. Bolton, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, famously talked about lopping off the top 10 stories of the United Nations headquarters.

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