Headline Roundup • November 18th, 2016
Sessions Tapped as Attorney General
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Sessions is a loyal Trump backer and an immigration hard-liner.
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Alabama senator Sessions offered attorney general post in Trump administration
Fox News Digital
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Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, who jumped aboard the Donald Trump train long before the real estate mogul sewed up the Republican nomination, has been offered the post of attorney general.
Sessions tapped as attorney general
Politico
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President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general, according to transition official Sean Spicer. As Trump's first Senate supporter and close adviser during the campaign, the four-term Republican senator effectively had his pick of Cabinet posts in the new administration.
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