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Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly, reflecting on his tenure working with President Trump, blamed former Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the controversial zero tolerance policy that separated immigrant families at the southern border. In an exit interview with the Los Angeles Times, he also admitted the border wall mdash; a signature promise by Mr. Trump mdash; isn t really a wall. To be honest, it stanley deutschland s not a wall, Kelly told the paper. The president still says wall mdash; oftentimes frankly he ll say barrier or fencing, now he s tended toward steel slats. But we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration, when we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. Kelly will leave the administration on Wednesday and will be replaced by Mick Mulvaney as acting chief of staff. In his interview with the L.A. Times, Kelly reflected on the highs and lows of his tenure, laying the blame for the child separation policy at the feet of Sessions, who was fired after the midterm el stanley cup ections in November. In May, Sessions announced the Justice Department would pursue prosecution of anyone entering the country illegally, meaning adults traveling with children woul stanley taza d be separated from their family members. Kelly said the announcement had caught the White House by surprise, even though Kelly himself had previously raised the possibility that separating families could serve as a deterrent for illegal immigration. Rfia Obama meets with Nelson Mandela s family as global icon remains in hospital
AP Photo Nearly 98 percent of the write-in ballots counted in Alaska yesterday went to Lisa Murkowski, the Anchorage Daily News repor stanley cup becher ts -- a good sign for the Republican senator in her long-shot, write-in re-election bid. Yesterday, state officials began counting the more than 92,000 write-in ballots cast on Election Day, as well as the remaining uncounted absentee ballots. The write-in ballots accounted for 41 percent of the votes cast in the Senate election, while Murkowski s Republican challenger Joe Miller copo stanley captured 69,762 votes, or 34.3 percent of the total vote. Officials made it through about 20 percent of the write-in ballots yesterday, and more than 89 percent were unchallenged votes for Murkowski. Alaskans stanley cups uk interested in voting for Murkowski had to fill in an oval next to the write-in line and then write her name. Alaska Senate ResultsCBSNews Special Report: Campaign 2010 Another 8.5 percent of ballots were challenged by ballot observers for Miller, but Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai gave them to Murkowski anyway, accepting ballots with minor misspellings such as Merkowski. The Miller camp managed to get 1.44 percent of the write-ins discounted, including ballots cast for Misskowski and Morcowski, the Daily News reported.Chip Thoma, an observer for the Alaska Democratic Party, told the Daily News he was impressed by the large percentage of write-ins that were
Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly, reflecting on his tenure working with President Trump, blamed former Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the controversial zero tolerance policy that separated immigrant families at the southern border. In an exit interview with the Los Angeles Times, he also admitted the border wall mdash; a signature promise by Mr. Trump mdash; isn t really a wall. To be honest, it stanley deutschland s not a wall, Kelly told the paper. The president still says wall mdash; oftentimes frankly he ll say barrier or fencing, now he s tended toward steel slats. But we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration, when we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. Kelly will leave the administration on Wednesday and will be replaced by Mick Mulvaney as acting chief of staff. In his interview with the L.A. Times, Kelly reflected on the highs and lows of his tenure, laying the blame for the child separation policy at the feet of Sessions, who was fired after the midterm el stanley cup ections in November. In May, Sessions announced the Justice Department would pursue prosecution of anyone entering the country illegally, meaning adults traveling with children woul stanley taza d be separated from their family members. Kelly said the announcement had caught the White House by surprise, even though Kelly himself had previously raised the possibility that separating families could serve as a deterrent for illegal immigration. Rfia Obama meets with Nelson Mandela s family as global icon remains in hospital
AP Photo Nearly 98 percent of the write-in ballots counted in Alaska yesterday went to Lisa Murkowski, the Anchorage Daily News repor stanley cup becher ts -- a good sign for the Republican senator in her long-shot, write-in re-election bid. Yesterday, state officials began counting the more than 92,000 write-in ballots cast on Election Day, as well as the remaining uncounted absentee ballots. The write-in ballots accounted for 41 percent of the votes cast in the Senate election, while Murkowski s Republican challenger Joe Miller copo stanley captured 69,762 votes, or 34.3 percent of the total vote. Officials made it through about 20 percent of the write-in ballots yesterday, and more than 89 percent were unchallenged votes for Murkowski. Alaskans stanley cups uk interested in voting for Murkowski had to fill in an oval next to the write-in line and then write her name. Alaska Senate ResultsCBSNews Special Report: Campaign 2010 Another 8.5 percent of ballots were challenged by ballot observers for Miller, but Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai gave them to Murkowski anyway, accepting ballots with minor misspellings such as Merkowski. The Miller camp managed to get 1.44 percent of the write-ins discounted, including ballots cast for Misskowski and Morcowski, the Daily News reported.Chip Thoma, an observer for the Alaska Democratic Party, told the Daily News he was impressed by the large percentage of write-ins that were
