"Someone who traffics in much more than what Jeff Sessions said back then will be with the president every day in the White House as his senior strategist."

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If possible, to be in a position to announce who is going to step in as the interim immediately. And if possible, to announce who you're going to nominate to replace that person. For that to be somebody of impeccable integrity and reputation disarms a lot of the worst criticism that it's some kind of a power play. It's a professional approach to replacing a senior official, which is always going to get a lot of attention.

— Robert M. Gates