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Trump Becomes 45th President, Senate Confirms Mattis, Kelly

Pat Host

Friday, January 20th, 2017

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Trump Becomes 45th President, Senate Confirms Mattis, Kelly

President Donald Trump. Photo: White House.

Donald Trump was inducted as the 45th United States president on Friday and the Senate voted to confirm both retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary and retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly as homeland security secretary.With an overcast backdrop and 40 degree temperatures, Trump declared in his inaugural address that the U.S. was ready to unlock the “mysteries” of space. Shortly after his inauguration, the Trump administration declared at whitehouse.gov that it would develop a state-of-the-art missile…

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