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"content": "\u003cp>Today the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as President Trump's education secretary, 51-50. Vice President Pence had to cast an unprecedented tie-breaking vote, after hearings that became fodder for \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWuc18xISwI\">\"Saturday Night Live\"\u003c/a>; after angry constituents swamped Senate offices with \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/senators-flooded-with-calls-letters-ahead-of-betsy-devos-vote-111440514.html\" target=\"_blank\">1.5 million calls a day\u003c/a>; after two \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/02/513105005/2-gop-senators-break-with-party-on-betsy-devos-confirmation\" target=\"_blank\">Republican senators defected\u003c/a>; and Democrats \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/06/513752308/senate-democrats-plan-all-night-push-to-rally-against-trumps-education-pick\" target=\"_blank\">held the floor overnight in protest.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 59-year-old philanthropist and activist from Michigan takes over the leadership and management of a federal bureaucracy with \u003ca href=\"https://www2.ed.gov/about/landing.jhtml?src=ln\" target=\"_blank\">4,400 employees and a $68 billion annual budget\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the question is: How much will actually change for the nation's 50 million public school students and 20 million college students?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps her opponents should take a deep breath. The federal role in education policy is limited. \u003ca href=\"https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/10facts/index.html?exp\">Less than 10 percent of funding for K-12 schools comes from the feds\u003c/a>, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, here's what we'll be watching in the coming weeks and months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the higher ed side\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Higher Education Act is up for reauthorization. Three issues that may come up early in a DeVos Education Department: the role of for-profits, college costs and enforcement of Title IX (which governs sex discrimination, including sexual assault cases).\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On Title IX:\u003c/strong> DeVos said in her hearing that it would \u003ca href=\"http://www.teenvogue.com/story/betsy-devos-confirmation-hearing-title-ix-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">be \"premature\" to say \u003c/a>she would uphold a 2011 rule that requires colleges to take an active role to prevent sexual assault.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On college costs:\u003c/strong> \"Free tuition\" proposals drew a lot of Democratic fans during the presidential campaign. DeVos was dismissive of the idea in her hearing: \"There's nothing in life that's truly free.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On for-profit colleges:\u003c/strong> During the Obama administration, the department, along with the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, went after many for-profit colleges, with allegations of fraud and predatory lending. Two were forced to shut down: Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute. Meanwhile, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/06/08/412024783/the-forces-behind-the-decline-of-for-profit-colleges\" target=\"_blank\">gainful employment rule\u003c/a> required colleges to demonstrate that they were preparing a significant percentage of their students for the job market. When questioned by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., DeVos said she would \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/devos-declines-to-support_b_14235348.html\" target=\"_blank\">\"review\" rather than uphold that rule\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the K-12 side\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The headline here is: More state decision-making power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regular readers of our NPR Ed blog know that the main K-12 education law was reauthorized last year as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/13/500421608/obamas-impact-on-americas-schools\" target=\"_blank\">Every Student Succeeds Act, ESSA, which covers annual testing, among other things\u003c/a>. The new law gave more authority to the states, at the expense of the federal government, to identify and remedy failing schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has already paused the process of ESSA implementation. Republicans in Congress have moved to use a little-known law called the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/26/511745408/how-a-law-is-implemented-depends-on-a-presidents-rules\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional Review Act\u003c/a> to throw out the new accountability rules altogether. That leaves states in a situation that some Democrats and advocates have dubbed \"chaos and delay.\" Other groups, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nga.org/cms/home/col2-content/content-list/news-list/content-reference-1@/governors-congress-education.html\" target=\"_blank\">National Governors Association\u003c/a>, have said they welcome having still more authority at the state level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some civil rights advocates have raised concerns that, in the absence of a strong federal hand, some states will be less vigilant than others in identifying and correcting historic educational inequities of race and class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeVos' responses to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., in \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/01/30/here-are-betsys-devoss-answers-to-139-questions-from-democratic-sen-murray/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.423f8e6aec8b\" target=\"_blank\">her controversial written questionnaire\u003c/a>, indicate that she comes down on the side of states' rights: \"It is necessary and critical for states to have flexibility to determine how to identify and improve schools.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeVos' department may take a leaf from \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/07/28/128822057/-race-to-the-top-incentivizes-reforms-secretary-of-education-tells-npr\" target=\"_blank\">Arne Duncan\u003c/a>'s book and set up a competitive grant program that encourages states to expand school choice. If so, we'll likely be hearing more about the benefits of private, virtual, religious and for-profit schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school reforms DeVos backed in Michigan have \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/12/07/504696506/trumps-pick-for-education-a-free-market-approach-to-school-choice\" target=\"_blank\">favored for-profit charter school\u003c/a> operators. And her husband previously held financial stakes in the for-profit and online K12 Inc., \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/04/513220220/betsy-devos-graduation-rate-mistake\" target=\"_blank\">whose numbers she (erroneously) cited \u003c/a> in defending virtual schools in her written answers to the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization she chaired, the American Federation for Children, favors both vouchers and a device called \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/31/512507538/under-devos-heres-how-school-choice-might-work\">tax credit scholarships\u003c/a>,\" which allows companies to offset tax liability by funding students to attend private schools. In Florida, which the AFC has called out as a model program, 70 percent of these scholarships go to religiously affiliated schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Today the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as President Trump's education secretary, 51-50. Vice President Pence had to cast an unprecedented tie-breaking vote, after hearings that became fodder for \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWuc18xISwI\">\"Saturday Night Live\"\u003c/a>; after angry constituents swamped Senate offices with \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/senators-flooded-with-calls-letters-ahead-of-betsy-devos-vote-111440514.html\" target=\"_blank\">1.5 million calls a day\u003c/a>; after two \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/02/513105005/2-gop-senators-break-with-party-on-betsy-devos-confirmation\" target=\"_blank\">Republican senators defected\u003c/a>; and Democrats \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/06/513752308/senate-democrats-plan-all-night-push-to-rally-against-trumps-education-pick\" target=\"_blank\">held the floor overnight in protest.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 59-year-old philanthropist and activist from Michigan takes over the leadership and management of a federal bureaucracy with \u003ca href=\"https://www2.ed.gov/about/landing.jhtml?src=ln\" target=\"_blank\">4,400 employees and a $68 billion annual budget\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the question is: How much will actually change for the nation's 50 million public school students and 20 million college students?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps her opponents should take a deep breath. The federal role in education policy is limited. \u003ca href=\"https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/10facts/index.html?exp\">Less than 10 percent of funding for K-12 schools comes from the feds\u003c/a>, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, here's what we'll be watching in the coming weeks and months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the higher ed side\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Higher Education Act is up for reauthorization. Three issues that may come up early in a DeVos Education Department: the role of for-profits, college costs and enforcement of Title IX (which governs sex discrimination, including sexual assault cases).\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On Title IX:\u003c/strong> DeVos said in her hearing that it would \u003ca href=\"http://www.teenvogue.com/story/betsy-devos-confirmation-hearing-title-ix-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">be \"premature\" to say \u003c/a>she would uphold a 2011 rule that requires colleges to take an active role to prevent sexual assault.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On college costs:\u003c/strong> \"Free tuition\" proposals drew a lot of Democratic fans during the presidential campaign. DeVos was dismissive of the idea in her hearing: \"There's nothing in life that's truly free.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On for-profit colleges:\u003c/strong> During the Obama administration, the department, along with the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, went after many for-profit colleges, with allegations of fraud and predatory lending. Two were forced to shut down: Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute. Meanwhile, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/06/08/412024783/the-forces-behind-the-decline-of-for-profit-colleges\" target=\"_blank\">gainful employment rule\u003c/a> required colleges to demonstrate that they were preparing a significant percentage of their students for the job market. When questioned by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., DeVos said she would \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/devos-declines-to-support_b_14235348.html\" target=\"_blank\">\"review\" rather than uphold that rule\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the K-12 side\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The headline here is: More state decision-making power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regular readers of our NPR Ed blog know that the main K-12 education law was reauthorized last year as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/13/500421608/obamas-impact-on-americas-schools\" target=\"_blank\">Every Student Succeeds Act, ESSA, which covers annual testing, among other things\u003c/a>. The new law gave more authority to the states, at the expense of the federal government, to identify and remedy failing schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has already paused the process of ESSA implementation. Republicans in Congress have moved to use a little-known law called the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/26/511745408/how-a-law-is-implemented-depends-on-a-presidents-rules\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional Review Act\u003c/a> to throw out the new accountability rules altogether. That leaves states in a situation that some Democrats and advocates have dubbed \"chaos and delay.\" Other groups, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nga.org/cms/home/col2-content/content-list/news-list/content-reference-1@/governors-congress-education.html\" target=\"_blank\">National Governors Association\u003c/a>, have said they welcome having still more authority at the state level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some civil rights advocates have raised concerns that, in the absence of a strong federal hand, some states will be less vigilant than others in identifying and correcting historic educational inequities of race and class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeVos' responses to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., in \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/01/30/here-are-betsys-devoss-answers-to-139-questions-from-democratic-sen-murray/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.423f8e6aec8b\" target=\"_blank\">her controversial written questionnaire\u003c/a>, indicate that she comes down on the side of states' rights: \"It is necessary and critical for states to have flexibility to determine how to identify and improve schools.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeVos' department may take a leaf from \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/07/28/128822057/-race-to-the-top-incentivizes-reforms-secretary-of-education-tells-npr\" target=\"_blank\">Arne Duncan\u003c/a>'s book and set up a competitive grant program that encourages states to expand school choice. If so, we'll likely be hearing more about the benefits of private, virtual, religious and for-profit schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school reforms DeVos backed in Michigan have \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/12/07/504696506/trumps-pick-for-education-a-free-market-approach-to-school-choice\" target=\"_blank\">favored for-profit charter school\u003c/a> operators. And her husband previously held financial stakes in the for-profit and online K12 Inc., \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/04/513220220/betsy-devos-graduation-rate-mistake\" target=\"_blank\">whose numbers she (erroneously) cited \u003c/a> in defending virtual schools in her written answers to the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization she chaired, the American Federation for Children, favors both vouchers and a device called \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/31/512507538/under-devos-heres-how-school-choice-might-work\">tax credit scholarships\u003c/a>,\" which allows companies to offset tax liability by funding students to attend private schools. In Florida, which the AFC has called out as a model program, 70 percent of these scholarships go to religiously affiliated schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Cohn, who was president and COO at the investment banking firm Goldman Sachs before joining the administration, added, \"The banks are going to be able to price product more efficiently and more effectively to consumers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hinting at where the administration might expect the review to lead, the official said that under the Obama administration, \"some of the rules may have even been unconstitutional, creating new agencies that don't actually protect consumers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is an allusion to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the consumer watchdog bureau that Republicans in Congress opposed from its very creation and was the subject of a years-long fight over its leadership and structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not an attempt to undo Dodd-Frank,\" the administration official insisted before going on to explain that some of the work of changing regulations, including the so-called Volcker Rule to mitigate risks, could be done through personnel, putting Trump-allied people in charge at agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It isn't clear yet how long the review would take, but the official says every aspect of the law will be considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second directive would call on the Department of Labor to defer implementation of an Obama-era rule, known as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/02/513105063/financial-industry-groups-fear-trump-will-block-investor-protection-rule\" target=\"_blank\">Fiduciary Rule\u003c/a>, requiring financial advisers to act in the best interests of their clients in retirement planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline for implementation was supposed to be April. Echoing arguments of the financial services industry, the Trump administration official said the rule would have unintended consequences if allowed to go forward. The industry says the rule will make it harder for advisers to serve lower-income clients. Backers of the rule say it will prevent advisers from gouging customers by selling them inappropriate, high-fee products. 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"content": "\u003cp>Before they get to work on reforming the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress and the White House might want to take a closer look at the last time they tried it — a $16 billion fix called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr3230/text\">Veterans Choice and Accountability Act\u003c/a> of 2014, designed to get veterans medical care more quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR and local member stations have been following that money, including the $10 billion for vets to get care \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/series/479609181/from-back-at-base-coverage-of-the-veterans-choice-program\">outside the VA system\u003c/a>. The Choice Act also channeled about $2.5 billion for hiring more doctors, nurses and other medical staff at VA medical centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of the hiring money was to address a simple math problem. The number of veterans coming to the VA has shot up in recent years, and the number of medical staff has not kept pace. The idea was that more caregivers would cut wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an investigation by NPR and local member stations found that: the VA has about the same number of new hires as the VA would have been projected to hire without the additional $2.5 billion; the new hires weren't sent to VA hospitals with the longest wait times; and the VA medical centers that got new hires were not more likely to see improved wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/512052311/512592790\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Diego's wait-time dilemma\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego's experience is typical. The Southern California city is home to one of the largest concentrations of post-9/11 veterans, and when the Veterans Choice Act passed, the San Diego VA had some of the country's worst wait times for mental health care in particular. The act was meant to help former soldiers like Charlie Grijalva, who was diagnosed with PTSD when he was still in the Army.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2014, Grijalva lived with his wife, Gloria, in Imperial Valley — about two hours from the VA hospital in San Diego. After spending 18 months deployed in Afghanistan, and a year in Iraq, he started having suicidal thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VA tried to help him. Early in 2014, the doctors there seemed to get his prescription right. By summer, his psychiatrist had left the VA, but Grijalva was transferred to a nurse practitioner. He missed an appointment in September 2014, according to records provided by the VA, but the new provider agreed to refill his prescription over the phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because San Diego's wait times were so long, under the new Choice program, Grijalva qualified to see a private doctor outside the VA system. He had an initial consultation with the private psychiatrist near his home, but he didn't live to begin treatment. In December 2014, his medication ran out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grijalva had a young family and a new baby on the way. His wife said he insisted on giving his kids a magical Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He said, you know, 'I want to do what I did as a kid,' \" Gloria Grijalva said. \"Play some Christmas music. Have the kids decorate the tree, drink hot chocolate. ... Even though he was feeling the way he was, he wanted to have that kind of Christmas for his kids.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn't to be. A few days before Christmas, his wife found him. He had hanged himself a few hours after he texted her, \"I love you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He has told me when he was at his lowest that [he] 'didn't want my kids to see me like this; I don't want to put my kids through this,' \" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His VA records show Grijalva went to one last appointment at the VA in San Diego, scheduled in December. His medication arrived just before his death. Around the time of his death, the VA was just beginning to implement the Veterans Choice Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego seemed like a prime candidate to get extra staff. But the NPR and local member station analysis of the VA's own data show that San Diego got far fewer new staff members than it requested, and also fewer than many other VA centers that didn't have such bad wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11298363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-800x730.jpg\" alt=\"AddlStaffVA\" width=\"800\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-160x146.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-240x219.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-375x342.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-520x475.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No logical staffing pattern\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VA data show no logical pattern for distributing the 12,000 doctors, nurses and other medical staff hired under the Choice Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Shulkin became head of the Veterans Health Administration after that law passed, but has been overseeing the reform since 2015. Last fall, he told NPR that the Choice hires were based on a survey of VA medical centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our goal is to get [the medical centers] the health professionals that they need. So that's the Choice money. We wanted everybody to go out and execute on it, and to use that money as quickly as possible because we have a sense of crisis,\" said Shulkin, who has been nominated to become secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. His confirmation hearing is expected this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said the VA focused on places where the staff was most needed. Thirty-three medical centers were \"prioritized\" among the VA's 168 hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the VA data show that prioritized medical centers didn't always get more resources than others. Los Angeles was prioritized and got only about 108 new hires from the Choice money. Dallas, a similarly large center, got almost three times as many (298), even though Dallas was not \"prioritized\" and didn't have particularly bad wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11298376\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-800x790.jpg\" alt=\"AddlVAstaff\" width=\"800\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-160x158.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-240x237.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-375x370.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-520x514.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Cincinnati have about the same volume of appointments. But Albuquerque had among the worst wait times in the country for mental health, while Cincinnati was among the best. The VA's data show both received the same number of psychiatrists from the Choice money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wait times across the board have not come down, though the VA says that's because of a continuing surge in demand from patients. And Shulkin stressed that wait times are not the most important measure of health care. He says efficiency is up and the number of veterans waiting for urgent care has shrunk from tens of thousands to a mere dozen or two. Still, it was the long wait times — and the harm they did to veterans — that drove Congress to pass the Choice Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Slow hiring in a tough market\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors and nurses are scarce nationwide. In the economic centers where many vets live, medical professionals often find better offers at private hospitals. And in rural or remote areas, there often are very few doctors or nurses available to work at either VA or private hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shulkin knows that his hiring process is cumbersome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The complexity of hiring puts us at a disadvantage with the private sector. We are very fortunate that people wait and turn down private sector jobs because this is where they want to work and this is the mission ... but frankly we have to be competitive,\" he told NPR last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shulkin came to the VA from the private sector, he said, to get the department in step with best practices. He has succeeded in getting some salaries up to private-sector levels. But the roughly $2.5 billion from the Choice Act resulted in a net gain of only a few thousand doctors and nurses, across a system that serves about 9 million veterans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11298308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11298308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"Secretary of Veterans' Affairs-designate David Shulkin testifies during a Senate confirmation hearing on February 1, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-800x503.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-1180x742.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-960x604.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-375x236.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of Veterans Affairs-designate David Shulkin testifies during a Senate confirmation hearing on Feb. 1, 2017. \u003ccite>(ZACH GIBSON/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's partly because the VA's process is so slow that about 13 percent of candidates drop out during the months-long lag time after they are hired. NPR and local member stations spoke with more than half a dozen current VA employees about this problem, but none agreed to be quoted. Almetta Pitts is a former VA employee who used to work at the VA in Seattle. Waiting to start that job nearly left her broke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It took about six months. And so I had to think about ways to just put my money together to be able to really be able to pursue this job,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitts liked the VA. She interned at the VA in Seattle while pursuing her master's in social work. Her mother, an Army vet, was already working there as a federal police officer. After a series of interviews, Pitts was notified she had been hired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I received my acceptance letter and it did inform me that I started that September and I was like 'Oh my gosh, I'm so excited,' but ... 'Wow, it's like May.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the four months of waiting, Pitts moved back in with her mom to save money until the job started. She ended up working for the VA for 13 months and was laid off. At the time, Human Resources offered to help find another job at a VA out of state. She loved her work helping traumatized veterans, but Pitts decided she had to move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Budget shuffling\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason the $2.5 billion bump didn't seem to raise the VA's staffing levels may have more to do with Washington bureaucracy than health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR found that the rate of increase in VA staff after the Choice money was not noticeably different than past years without it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Choice hiring money from Congress mostly replaced, instead of augmented, the VA's normal hiring budget, which freed up less restricted money to take care of other needs. Shulkin defends how the money was spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you're given a budget you face a number of new stresses on those resources. You have increases in pharmaceuticals, you have your wage increase, you have your leasing cost increases, you have IT increases. So without the Choice money, we would not have been able to have maintained the type of hiring that we were doing and expanded the type of hiring we were doing,\" Shulkin told NPR in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This sort of budgeting strategy is common in Washington, according to Phil Carter, of the Center for New American Security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It makes complete sense for a self-interested bureaucracy to hire with that money first. I think VA hired staff with this money will all intention of improving access and quality. I think the VA leadership found it harder to do that,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter says that the VA has a difficult time projecting what needs it will have across a system of 168 hospitals nationwide, and that the VA may just have been hiring at its maximum capacity in a tough market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But I don't see malice here, just the basic inefficacy of American bureaucracy,\" Carter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some Republicans in Congress do see something more malicious — a shell game to free up money from congressional restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the House Committee on Veterans Affairs said: \"It was a money grab, with no plan on where to put people, and VA used the funds to fill existing vacancies for the most part.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Juan Elosua contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of a project we're calling \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/series/363340041/back-at-base\">Back at Base,\u003c/a>\"\u003cem> in which NPR — along with public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live.\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Diego's wait-time dilemma\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego's experience is typical. The Southern California city is home to one of the largest concentrations of post-9/11 veterans, and when the Veterans Choice Act passed, the San Diego VA had some of the country's worst wait times for mental health care in particular. The act was meant to help former soldiers like Charlie Grijalva, who was diagnosed with PTSD when he was still in the Army.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2014, Grijalva lived with his wife, Gloria, in Imperial Valley — about two hours from the VA hospital in San Diego. After spending 18 months deployed in Afghanistan, and a year in Iraq, he started having suicidal thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VA tried to help him. Early in 2014, the doctors there seemed to get his prescription right. By summer, his psychiatrist had left the VA, but Grijalva was transferred to a nurse practitioner. He missed an appointment in September 2014, according to records provided by the VA, but the new provider agreed to refill his prescription over the phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because San Diego's wait times were so long, under the new Choice program, Grijalva qualified to see a private doctor outside the VA system. He had an initial consultation with the private psychiatrist near his home, but he didn't live to begin treatment. In December 2014, his medication ran out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grijalva had a young family and a new baby on the way. His wife said he insisted on giving his kids a magical Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He said, you know, 'I want to do what I did as a kid,' \" Gloria Grijalva said. \"Play some Christmas music. Have the kids decorate the tree, drink hot chocolate. ... Even though he was feeling the way he was, he wanted to have that kind of Christmas for his kids.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn't to be. A few days before Christmas, his wife found him. He had hanged himself a few hours after he texted her, \"I love you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He has told me when he was at his lowest that [he] 'didn't want my kids to see me like this; I don't want to put my kids through this,' \" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His VA records show Grijalva went to one last appointment at the VA in San Diego, scheduled in December. His medication arrived just before his death. Around the time of his death, the VA was just beginning to implement the Veterans Choice Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego seemed like a prime candidate to get extra staff. But the NPR and local member station analysis of the VA's own data show that San Diego got far fewer new staff members than it requested, and also fewer than many other VA centers that didn't have such bad wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11298363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-800x730.jpg\" alt=\"AddlStaffVA\" width=\"800\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-160x146.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-240x219.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-375x342.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlStaffVA-520x475.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No logical staffing pattern\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VA data show no logical pattern for distributing the 12,000 doctors, nurses and other medical staff hired under the Choice Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Shulkin became head of the Veterans Health Administration after that law passed, but has been overseeing the reform since 2015. Last fall, he told NPR that the Choice hires were based on a survey of VA medical centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our goal is to get [the medical centers] the health professionals that they need. So that's the Choice money. We wanted everybody to go out and execute on it, and to use that money as quickly as possible because we have a sense of crisis,\" said Shulkin, who has been nominated to become secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. His confirmation hearing is expected this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said the VA focused on places where the staff was most needed. Thirty-three medical centers were \"prioritized\" among the VA's 168 hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the VA data show that prioritized medical centers didn't always get more resources than others. Los Angeles was prioritized and got only about 108 new hires from the Choice money. Dallas, a similarly large center, got almost three times as many (298), even though Dallas was not \"prioritized\" and didn't have particularly bad wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11298376\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-800x790.jpg\" alt=\"AddlVAstaff\" width=\"800\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-160x158.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-240x237.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-375x370.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-520x514.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/AddlVAstaff-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Cincinnati have about the same volume of appointments. But Albuquerque had among the worst wait times in the country for mental health, while Cincinnati was among the best. The VA's data show both received the same number of psychiatrists from the Choice money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wait times across the board have not come down, though the VA says that's because of a continuing surge in demand from patients. And Shulkin stressed that wait times are not the most important measure of health care. He says efficiency is up and the number of veterans waiting for urgent care has shrunk from tens of thousands to a mere dozen or two. Still, it was the long wait times — and the harm they did to veterans — that drove Congress to pass the Choice Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Slow hiring in a tough market\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors and nurses are scarce nationwide. In the economic centers where many vets live, medical professionals often find better offers at private hospitals. And in rural or remote areas, there often are very few doctors or nurses available to work at either VA or private hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shulkin knows that his hiring process is cumbersome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The complexity of hiring puts us at a disadvantage with the private sector. We are very fortunate that people wait and turn down private sector jobs because this is where they want to work and this is the mission ... but frankly we have to be competitive,\" he told NPR last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shulkin came to the VA from the private sector, he said, to get the department in step with best practices. He has succeeded in getting some salaries up to private-sector levels. But the roughly $2.5 billion from the Choice Act resulted in a net gain of only a few thousand doctors and nurses, across a system that serves about 9 million veterans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11298308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11298308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"Secretary of Veterans' Affairs-designate David Shulkin testifies during a Senate confirmation hearing on February 1, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-800x503.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-1180x742.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-960x604.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-375x236.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Shulkin-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of Veterans Affairs-designate David Shulkin testifies during a Senate confirmation hearing on Feb. 1, 2017. \u003ccite>(ZACH GIBSON/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's partly because the VA's process is so slow that about 13 percent of candidates drop out during the months-long lag time after they are hired. NPR and local member stations spoke with more than half a dozen current VA employees about this problem, but none agreed to be quoted. Almetta Pitts is a former VA employee who used to work at the VA in Seattle. Waiting to start that job nearly left her broke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It took about six months. And so I had to think about ways to just put my money together to be able to really be able to pursue this job,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitts liked the VA. She interned at the VA in Seattle while pursuing her master's in social work. Her mother, an Army vet, was already working there as a federal police officer. After a series of interviews, Pitts was notified she had been hired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I received my acceptance letter and it did inform me that I started that September and I was like 'Oh my gosh, I'm so excited,' but ... 'Wow, it's like May.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the four months of waiting, Pitts moved back in with her mom to save money until the job started. She ended up working for the VA for 13 months and was laid off. At the time, Human Resources offered to help find another job at a VA out of state. She loved her work helping traumatized veterans, but Pitts decided she had to move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Budget shuffling\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason the $2.5 billion bump didn't seem to raise the VA's staffing levels may have more to do with Washington bureaucracy than health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR found that the rate of increase in VA staff after the Choice money was not noticeably different than past years without it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Choice hiring money from Congress mostly replaced, instead of augmented, the VA's normal hiring budget, which freed up less restricted money to take care of other needs. Shulkin defends how the money was spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you're given a budget you face a number of new stresses on those resources. You have increases in pharmaceuticals, you have your wage increase, you have your leasing cost increases, you have IT increases. So without the Choice money, we would not have been able to have maintained the type of hiring that we were doing and expanded the type of hiring we were doing,\" Shulkin told NPR in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This sort of budgeting strategy is common in Washington, according to Phil Carter, of the Center for New American Security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It makes complete sense for a self-interested bureaucracy to hire with that money first. I think VA hired staff with this money will all intention of improving access and quality. I think the VA leadership found it harder to do that,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter says that the VA has a difficult time projecting what needs it will have across a system of 168 hospitals nationwide, and that the VA may just have been hiring at its maximum capacity in a tough market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But I don't see malice here, just the basic inefficacy of American bureaucracy,\" Carter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some Republicans in Congress do see something more malicious — a shell game to free up money from congressional restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the House Committee on Veterans Affairs said: \"It was a money grab, with no plan on where to put people, and VA used the funds to fill existing vacancies for the most part.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Juan Elosua contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of a project we're calling \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/series/363340041/back-at-base\">Back at Base,\u003c/a>\"\u003cem> in which NPR — along with public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live.\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>President Trump has gotten his man at the State Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rex Tillerson was approved by a 56-43 vote Wednesday in the Senate. Four senators who caucus with the Democrats crossed the aisle and joined all of the Republicans in voting for Tillerson. They were Democrats Mark Warner of Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, as well as independent Angus King of Maine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillerson, the former head of Exxon Mobil — the world’s largest and most powerful oil company — will now guide American foreign policy and be tasked with enacting Trump’s world view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That world view, however, isn’t entirely clear. Trump has expressed nationalistic and protectionist views and even isolationist tendencies, but he has also said the U.S. needs to do more about ISIS. He has promised to “bomb the s*** out of them” and suggested it \u003ca href=\"http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/election/2016/03/10/gop-debate-12-isis-va/81627892/\">could potentially take 30,000\u003c/a> troops to defeat them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”jwqUrI9fE2J8t6xoHQCYNWIbq8TONRXG”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to his \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/27/511861645/trumps-immigration-freeze-omits-those-linked-to-deadly-attacks-in-u-s\">controversial travel ban \u003c/a>instituted in the first days of his presidency, Trump has ordered the U.S. out of trade deals, threatened import tariffs with America’s adversaries (China) and allies (Mexico), questioned the importance of NATO, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, said he thinks torture works and, during the campaign, floated the idea (that he \u003ca href=\"http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-tweets-he-never-said-more-cou/\">later seemed to walk back\u003c/a>) that perhaps more countries should have nuclear weapons to defend themselves without help from the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillerson will be tasked with defending the United States under Trump around the globe, while walking the line when he disagrees. Tillerson faced tough questioning from Republicans and was almost derailed because of his relationship with Putin. But Tillerson talked tough in those hearings about Russia and, unlike Trump, said he fully believes Russia was responsible for the hacks and leaks of the Democratic emails during the presidential campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillerson, who has no diplomatic experience aside from his myriad international business ties as Exxon Mobil’s chief, will be tasked with overseeing the State Department bureaucracy. He is not well-known in the State Department, but those who have briefed him are sounding fairly upbeat about his management style. As CEO of Exxon Mobil, he oversaw a vast company with employees working in dozens of countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The difference is that Exxon Mobil has one goal: drilling for oil and making money for shareholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/511851709/511851710\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His job at the State Department may be especially complicated by apparent unrest in the ranks. NPR has reported that some 900 State Department officials \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/26/511851709/career-diplomats-leave-state-department-as-trump-presidency-begins\">signed a letter \u003c/a>that went viral within the agency decrying Trump’s visa and refugee ban as not making America safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the White House isn’t making the task of internal diplomacy any easier for Tillerson. White House spokesman Sean Spicer on Tuesday urged American diplomats to “get with the program” or go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But dissent is ingrained in State Department culture. In fact, the American Foreign Service Association, the professional association, \u003ca href=\"http://www.afsa.org/constructive-dissent-awards\">gives awards every year for it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Department’s manual says there can be no retribution for employees who use the dissent channel, and some in Congress concerned about Spicer’s comments are now looking into ways to codify those protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”XEz0ChQxpUCkwX81sX1ga7j78oebjk2B”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump, though, doesn’t exactly welcome dissent. While the new president is known for surrounding himself with differing factions — and even appeared to encourage his Cabinet nominees to have different points of view in their confirmation hearings — he also fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama holdover at the Justice Department, for speaking out against and refusing to defend the travel ban. And he said he has a “running war with the media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So much of the media seems to be the opposition party,” Trump said Wednesday, echoing his chief strategist Steve Bannon. He added, “They’re very dishonest people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the State Department, Tillerson will be hearing from diplomats who are worried about where the Trump administration is heading and whether he and Trump will overlook human rights abuses in countries where Americans want to do business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/512799958/512799959\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the mood in the State Department is uneasy. The Trump administration nudged out several professional diplomats even before naming anyone to replace them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One example is Tom Countryman, a career foreign service officer who was acting undersecretary for arms control. He was on \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/01/512799958/outgoing-state-department-official-urges-colleagues-to-stay-and-serve\">NPR’s Morning Edition\u003c/a> Wednesday, where he echoed a very powerful retirement speech he gave Tuesday to the State Department. He noted that State employees proudly serve in both Republican and Democratic administrations and implied they are feeling sidelined now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have a duty,” he told the State employees. “You have a duty — to stay and give your best professional guidance, with loyalty, to the new administration, because a foreign policy without professionals is — by definition — an amateur foreign policy. You will help to frame and make the choices. Because that is what we do. Our work is little understood by our fellow Americans, a fact that is sometimes exploited for political purpose. When I have the opportunity to speak to audiences across this amazing land, I explain, ‘We do not have a Department of State, we do not have a foreign policy, because we love foreigners. We do it because we love Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said something that directly relates to Trump (and perhaps even Tillerson). Countryman drew a distinction between business and diplomacy, and he seemed to dispute Trump’s foundational view of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Business made America great, as it always has been,” Countryman said, “and business leaders are among our most important partners. But let’s be clear: Despite the similarities — a dog is not a cat; baseball is not football; and diplomacy is not a business. Human rights are not a business. And democracy is, most assuredly, not a business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, “We want Americans to prosper, to sell the world’s best food and the world’s best products everywhere in the world. We want Americans to be protected and safe when they are abroad, whether they are missionaries, tourists, students, businessmen or (for those of you who have done consular work) the occasional false Messiah.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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As CEO of Exxon Mobil, he oversaw a vast company with employees working in dozens of countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The difference is that Exxon Mobil has one goal: drilling for oil and making money for shareholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/511851709/511851710\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His job at the State Department may be especially complicated by apparent unrest in the ranks. NPR has reported that some 900 State Department officials \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/26/511851709/career-diplomats-leave-state-department-as-trump-presidency-begins\">signed a letter \u003c/a>that went viral within the agency decrying Trump’s visa and refugee ban as not making America safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the White House isn’t making the task of internal diplomacy any easier for Tillerson. White House spokesman Sean Spicer on Tuesday urged American diplomats to “get with the program” or go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But dissent is ingrained in State Department culture. In fact, the American Foreign Service Association, the professional association, \u003ca href=\"http://www.afsa.org/constructive-dissent-awards\">gives awards every year for it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Department’s manual says there can be no retribution for employees who use the dissent channel, and some in Congress concerned about Spicer’s comments are now looking into ways to codify those protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump, though, doesn’t exactly welcome dissent. While the new president is known for surrounding himself with differing factions — and even appeared to encourage his Cabinet nominees to have different points of view in their confirmation hearings — he also fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama holdover at the Justice Department, for speaking out against and refusing to defend the travel ban. And he said he has a “running war with the media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So much of the media seems to be the opposition party,” Trump said Wednesday, echoing his chief strategist Steve Bannon. He added, “They’re very dishonest people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the State Department, Tillerson will be hearing from diplomats who are worried about where the Trump administration is heading and whether he and Trump will overlook human rights abuses in countries where Americans want to do business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/512799958/512799959\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the mood in the State Department is uneasy. The Trump administration nudged out several professional diplomats even before naming anyone to replace them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One example is Tom Countryman, a career foreign service officer who was acting undersecretary for arms control. He was on \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/01/512799958/outgoing-state-department-official-urges-colleagues-to-stay-and-serve\">NPR’s Morning Edition\u003c/a> Wednesday, where he echoed a very powerful retirement speech he gave Tuesday to the State Department. He noted that State employees proudly serve in both Republican and Democratic administrations and implied they are feeling sidelined now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have a duty,” he told the State employees. “You have a duty — to stay and give your best professional guidance, with loyalty, to the new administration, because a foreign policy without professionals is — by definition — an amateur foreign policy. You will help to frame and make the choices. Because that is what we do. 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"content": "\u003cp>In his continued efforts to address the number of undocumented immigrants in the country, President Trump took a harder line against cities and jurisdictions whose mayors have said they won't cooperate with his plans to enlist their police forces to help the federal government round up undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president said that he will cut federal funding to the police budgets of so-called sanctuary cities — like\u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2016/11/11/new-york-los-angeles-sanctuary-cities-donald-trump/\"> New York\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://wgntv.com/2017/01/25/city-council-mayor-emanuel-say-chicago-remains-sanctuary-city/\">Chicago\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://dcist.com/2017/01/mayor_bowser_1.php\">Washington, D.C \u003c/a>— which could cost them \u003ca href=\"https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170125/midtown/sanctuary-city-new-york-funding-how-much\">billions of dollars\u003c/a>. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.macfound.org/fellows/953/\">Ahilan Arulanantham\u003c/a>, a human rights attorney, told us on\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\"> the Code Switch podcast this week\u003c/a> that some big legal fights are likely between those cities and the White House over whether the federal government has the authority to withhold that law enforcement funding.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if threatening to cut off federal funding won't make sanctuary cities fall in line, the president is ready to try shaming them. According to one of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/25/text-trump-executive-order-on-enhancing-public-safety-in-interior-united-states.html\">executive orders he signed on immigration enforcement this week,\u003c/a> the White House intends to publicize when sanctuary cities do not comply by \"[making] public a comprehensive list of criminal actions committed by aliens and any jurisdiction that ignored or otherwise failed to honor any detainers with respect to such aliens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not clear yet exactly how the White House will publicize this catalog of crimes committed by immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the available data on crime, immigration and safety in cities does not support the premise for the president's actions. \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/06/immigrants-and-crime/486884/\">News outlets \u003c/a>and researchers pointed out during the presidential campaign that immigrants who are in the country illegally are less likely to commit crimes or be incarcerated than the general population. 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(There have been court battles over whether holding people for days without actual charges with these federal immigration detainer requests is in violation of the Constitution.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong compared the data from thousands of counties, those that ICE said did not honor detainer requests and those that did. \"We don't have to make up a definition of what a sanctuary locality is,\" Wong said. \"We have ICE telling us what it thinks a sanctuary county is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On average, counties that did not comply with ICE requests experienced 35.5 fewer crimes per 10,000 people than those that did. Wong also found that counties that did not comply with detainer requests had higher household incomes, lower rates of unemployment, lower rates of poverty and were less likely to have children under 18 in households receiving public benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crime numbers did not surprise Wong. Research has shown that working with federal immigration enforcement made it harder for local police agencies to investigate crimes because witnesses and victims who were in the country illegally would be less likely to come forward if they thought they risked being detained and deported. It could be that sanctuary counties have immigrant populations who are more integrated into their social fabric and economies, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research also revealed that smaller, more rural counties experienced the most significant impact from sanctuary policies on their crime rates (lower) and economies (stronger). Taken together, Wong said, the net benefits to sanctuary cities would offset the impact of Trump's shame offensive on them. \"The ultimate effect is going to be minimal,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2017 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 6:47 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump's executive order on immigration is sending shockwaves across the U.S. and the globe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just one day after he enacted a ban on the admittance of all refugees to the United States, temporarily freezing immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries, confusion, chaos fear are roiling international airports. Refugees are being barred from boarding U.S.-bound flights. Immigrants are being detained at U.S. airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protests are rising up at JFK and Los Angeles airports. Thousands of leading academics have \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/27/eleven-nobel-laureates-thousands-of-academics-sign-protest-of-trump-immigration-order/?utm_term=.996de0f0dfcc\">signed a petition denouncing Trump's actions\u003c/a>. 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He said the company is \"upset\" about any immigration restrictions that prevent \"great talent\" from coming to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post on his facebook page that \"We need to keep this country safe, but we should do that by focusing on people who actually pose a threat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Travis Kalanick, chief of Uber, wrote in an email to his staff (and posted on Facebook) that about a dozen employees were affected, and that this ban will impact many innocent people. He said it's an issue he plans to raise this Friday — when he goes to Washington. 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For his part, Alshawi's wife and child live in Houston with green cards, Wang says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandon Friedman, a U.S. Army veteran and former Obama administration official, explains to NPR's Scott Simon that Darweesh worked with him as a translator during his service in Iraq. Darweesh was \"approved for a special immigrant visa, given for his time and service to the U.S. government,\" Friedman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Friday, Friedman began tweeting about his opposition to Trump's order, as well as a photo \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC/status/825183272690974720\" target=\"_blank\">showing a pair of men he said helped his team\u003c/a> and were \"no longer welcome in the U.S.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hameed was one of the first people to sign up to work with us. He helped interpret, he hooked us up with things that we needed and helped us generally get through the communities that we were operating in in Iraq,\" Friedman tells Simon. \"And he put his life on the line. He risked his family's life to do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AliAbdi88/status/825190426806276096\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://nadler.house.gov/press-release/reps-nadler-and-velazquez-demand-release-refugees-held-jfk-under-trumps-new-executive\">joint statement\u003c/a>, Reps. 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Trump told a Christian broadcaster that preference will be given to Christian refugees from the Middle East.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Colleges and universities around the U.S. have been advising students from the seven listed countries — including lawful permanent residents — not to leave the U.S. until there is further clarity on the new rules. Students at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/825202805820497922\">Princeton\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/agranato42/status/825184898696650752\">Stanford\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/okmikaela/status/825165447960072192\">Chapman University\u003c/a>, among others. reported letters from their respective schools recommending caution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/colleges-scramble-after-trumps-executive-order-bans-citizens-of-7-muslim-countries/116624\">The Chronicle of Higher Education noted\u003c/a> one Iranian student in Yale's Ph.D. program who says he may be stranded after leaving the U.S. for a research trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/27/511861645/trumps-immigration-freeze-omits-those-linked-to-deadly-attacks-in-u-s\">NPR's Greg Myre reports\u003c/a>, Trump's executive order \"doesn't include any countries from which radicalized Muslims have actually killed Americans in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greg notes that the countries of origin of radicalized Muslims who have killed Americans on U.S. soil, beginning on Sept. 11, are instead Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Russia, United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2017 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>The first week of the Trump administration has been marked by a flurry of executive actions — and lots of bombast and argument with the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump's executive actions — in the form of orders and memorandums, \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/24/executive-order-vs-presidential-memorandum-whats-difference/96979014/\">which differ slightly\u003c/a> — aim to show that President Trump will deliver on the promises made by Candidate Trump. And the actions hit on many of the most contentious issues in American politics: Trump moved to repeal the Affordable Care Act, remove roadblocks from the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, impose a hiring freeze on federal employees, withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and withhold federal funds from so-called\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/11/19/502684089/trump-vows-to-end-sanctuary-cities-but-no-one-can-agree-what-that-label-means\"> sanctuary cities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the way, Trump and his surrogates claimed to have drawn the largest-ever inauguration crowd (\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/21/510994742/trump-administration-goes-to-war-with-the-media-over-inauguration-crowd-size\">he didn't\u003c/a>), said that 3 million to 5 million votes were illegally cast (no evidence of that), softened his stance toward the CIA and said that he would announce his pick for the Supreme Court next week. The Senate approved four of his nominees for high-level positions, and 10 others have finished their confirmation hearings and await votes. And it comes as congressional Republicans huddle to \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/26/511800216/gop-200-day-agenda-calls-for-spending-tax-cuts-but-what-about-the-deficit\">figure out a legislative way forward \u003c/a>with the new president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, we take a look at the biggest issues and where they stand, one week into the Trump presidency:\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Affordable Care Act\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Within hours of being inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/2/executive-order-minimizing-economic-burden-patient-protection-and\">signed an executive order\u003c/a> that seeks to \"ease the burdens\" of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. The order allows the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, or any other agency with authority under the law, to not enforce regulations that impose a financial burden on a state, company or individual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"pgKMryTgISmJDjMtS22xMvS2thYG1Lg7\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the consequences?\u003c/strong> It's not totally clear yet. The order is so broad that it's possible it \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/21/510901402/trumps-executive-order-could-dismantle-parts-of-aca-before-replacement-is-ready\">could dismantle key parts of the ACA before a replacement plan is ready\u003c/a>, owing to a potential lack of enforcement of some of the tax provisions like the mandate, the requirement that if you don't have health insurance, you have to buy it. That's despite previous statements from Republican lawmakers that a replacement plan would immediately follow repeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens next?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action adds a lot of confusion to an already complicated system. Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Rep. Tom Price, hasn't yet had his confirmation hearing or vote. He will be responsible for administering the program and exchanges run by the federal government for states that opted not to create their own systems. Price is an opponent of the ACA, and congressional Republicans are vowing to repeal the law. But they haven't yet settled on an alternative. Trump has also confused matters with a pledge to offer \"insurance for everybody,\" though congressional Republicans say they assume he means \"access\" for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Immigration and a border wall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Trump signed two executive orders related to \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/presidential-executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united\">immigration\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/executive-order-border-security-and-immigration-enforcement-improvementshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/executive-order-border-security-and-immigration-enforcement-improvements\">border security\u003c/a>, shortly after the new head of the Department of Homeland Security, Marine Gen. John Kelly, was sworn in. \"Beginning today, the United States of America gets back control of its borders,\" Trump said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the consequences?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"2TsJ7oOUBNeZ3eLXE1acR8rESwevk256\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move communicated that Trump planned to follow through with his oft-spoken-of plan to build a border wall, estimated to cost $15 billion or more. The fallout was immediate: Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto canceled a planned visit to Trump in Washington next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens next?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump and Congress need to \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/25/511619026/donald-trumps-moving-forward-with-his-wall-is-it-really-going-to-happen\">figure out how to pay for it, for starters\u003c/a>. Though Trump has repeatedly said he would make Mexico pay for the wall, on Wednesday he told ABC News that the U.S. will be \"reimbursed at a later date\" by Mexico for the costs of building the wall. Congressional Republicans vowed to come up with the funding during a policy retreat Thursday in Philadelphia, though they did not specify how.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that one way the administration is \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/26/511861462/trumps-suggested-import-tax-would-mean-americans-pay-for-that-wall\">considering paying for the wall is via a 20 percent tax on imports \u003c/a>from Mexico — a cost that would mean that U.S. consumers would, in fact, pay for the wall. Ironically, that was part of a congressional plan that Trump, less than two weeks ago, derided as \"too complicated.\" Hours later, the White House walked it back, saying there are many funding options being considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Voter fraud\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Trump told congressional leaders in a bipartisan, bicameral meeting at the White House that he would have won the popular vote, were it not for 3 million to 5 million votes cast against him by \"illegals.\" When asked about it at the Tuesday press briefing, Spicer affirmed that \"the president does believe that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"xWChhHh17HtsA6vCkHkj3le4BQC0D1Z7\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was revealed by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/trump-bernhard-langer-voting-fraud.html?_r=0\">New York Times\u003c/a> that Trump is partially basing his belief on a story he heard thirdhand from a professional golfer, born in Germany, who wasn't allowed to vote in Florida and claimed there were people in line behind him who looked like they shouldn't be allowed to vote. After NPR's Mara Liasson pressed Spicer at a White House briefing on why the president wouldn't call for an investigation into something that could be the biggest scandal in U.S. history, Trump tweeted, in fact, that he would. On Thursday, Spicer told reporters Trump will issue an executive action calling for a probe of voter fraud in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the consequences?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's insistence that massive voter fraud occurred would seem to set up a showdown between the White House and ... the evidence. So far, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/24/511420960/trump-still-insists-millions-voted-illegally-theres-no-evidence-of-that\">no evidence of significant voter fraud has come to light\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens next?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, it's unclear. The White House insists it will issue an executive action to launch an investigation, but it's uncertain what form a probe would take. Would it be run by the White House? Would the Justice Department take it up (even though the Justice Department is supposed to operate independently of the White House)? The U.S. has already conducted a voter fraud investigation, by the way, during the Bush administration — and found no evidence of widespread voter fraud, turning up only \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/washington/12fraud.html\">120 people charged and 86 convicted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>The environment and infrastructure\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Trump signed \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/24/511402501/trump-to-give-green-light-to-keystone-dakota-access-pipelines\">five executive actions \u003c/a>relating to the Keystone XL pipeline, the Dakota Access Pipeline, using American materials when building pipelines, reducing regulations for domestic manufacturing, and \"expediting environmental reviews and approval for high-priority infrastructure projects.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the consequences?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"1iJ9trT1sQFLGlk9BQ2F99r2YDXq9d7f\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pipelines had been stopped during the Obama administration. Trump's actions mean that the owner of the Keystone XL pipeline could apply again for a construction permit, and it \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/26/511892321/transcanada-submits-new-application-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline\">did exactly that Thursday night\u003c/a>. Trump also encouraged the Army Corps of Engineers to\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/assets/news/2017/01/DakotaAccessConstruction.pdf\"> expedite the review and approval process\u003c/a> for the section of the Dakota Access Pipeline that hasn't been built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens next? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dakota Access issue will probably head back to federal court: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said it \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/24/511411653/trumps-move-on-keystone-xl-dakota-access-outrages-activists\">will take legal action \u003c/a>to fight Trump's decision, saying the pipeline \"risks contaminating tribal and American water supplies while disregarding treaty rights.\" Demonstrators remain camped near the site where the Dakota Access Pipeline is slated to cross under the Missouri River.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Hiring freeze for federal workers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Trump signed a presidential memorandum imposing a hiring freeze on federal workers, with exceptions for military positions and national security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the consequences?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ramifications are immediate: The freeze is now in effect and \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/pentagon-sill-scrambling-to-understand-trump-hiring-freeze/2017/01/24/390a8c2a-e24f-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html\">is scheduled to last 90 days\u003c/a>. It's expected that by then the Office of Management and Budget will have a longer-term plan for shrinking the federal government. The impact, though, is far-reaching. The federal government employs some 2.8 million people, \u003ca href=\"http://www.governing.com/gov-data/federal-employees-workforce-numbers-by-state.html\">more than 80 percent of whom live outside \u003c/a>Washington, D.C., Maryland or Virginia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"vjg58R7BVdorsMHxjIlonufU1rnuJz1B\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens next?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next steps are for the exceptions to be hammered out; the memorandum states that \"the head of any executive department or agency may exempt from the hiring freeze any positions that it deems necessary to meet national security or public safety responsibilities.\" That could give agency heads at least some flexibility to hire as needed. Other exceptions could also emerge. 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Tom Price, hasn't yet had his confirmation hearing or vote. He will be responsible for administering the program and exchanges run by the federal government for states that opted not to create their own systems. Price is an opponent of the ACA, and congressional Republicans are vowing to repeal the law. But they haven't yet settled on an alternative. Trump has also confused matters with a pledge to offer \"insurance for everybody,\" though congressional Republicans say they assume he means \"access\" for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Immigration and a border wall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Trump signed two executive orders related to \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/presidential-executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united\">immigration\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/executive-order-border-security-and-immigration-enforcement-improvementshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/executive-order-border-security-and-immigration-enforcement-improvements\">border security\u003c/a>, shortly after the new head of the Department of Homeland Security, Marine Gen. 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The White House insists it will issue an executive action to launch an investigation, but it's uncertain what form a probe would take. Would it be run by the White House? Would the Justice Department take it up (even though the Justice Department is supposed to operate independently of the White House)? The U.S. has already conducted a voter fraud investigation, by the way, during the Bush administration — and found no evidence of widespread voter fraud, turning up only \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/washington/12fraud.html\">120 people charged and 86 convicted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>The environment and infrastructure\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Trump signed \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/24/511402501/trump-to-give-green-light-to-keystone-dakota-access-pipelines\">five executive actions \u003c/a>relating to the Keystone XL pipeline, the Dakota Access Pipeline, using American materials when building pipelines, reducing regulations for domestic manufacturing, and \"expediting environmental reviews and approval for high-priority infrastructure projects.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the consequences?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pipelines had been stopped during the Obama administration. Trump's actions mean that the owner of the Keystone XL pipeline could apply again for a construction permit, and it \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/26/511892321/transcanada-submits-new-application-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline\">did exactly that Thursday night\u003c/a>. Trump also encouraged the Army Corps of Engineers to\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/assets/news/2017/01/DakotaAccessConstruction.pdf\"> expedite the review and approval process\u003c/a> for the section of the Dakota Access Pipeline that hasn't been built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens next? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dakota Access issue will probably head back to federal court: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said it \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/24/511411653/trumps-move-on-keystone-xl-dakota-access-outrages-activists\">will take legal action \u003c/a>to fight Trump's decision, saying the pipeline \"risks contaminating tribal and American water supplies while disregarding treaty rights.\" Demonstrators remain camped near the site where the Dakota Access Pipeline is slated to cross under the Missouri River.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Hiring freeze for federal workers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Trump signed a presidential memorandum imposing a hiring freeze on federal workers, with exceptions for military positions and national security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the consequences?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ramifications are immediate: The freeze is now in effect and \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/pentagon-sill-scrambling-to-understand-trump-hiring-freeze/2017/01/24/390a8c2a-e24f-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html\">is scheduled to last 90 days\u003c/a>. 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