Mark Walker
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And in fact, this is breaking.
I've not revealed this yet to anyone.
Had a great call with President Trump last night who gave me his word.
He's working on it.
I don't expect him to be able to track hundreds of appointments or nominations, but he was gracious to take a call.
And I kind of gave an update and
And we're looking forward to having him help push.
But the point I think you're making, Steve, is that the president shouldn't have to be taking time trying to singularly go out and try to find each nomination and push through and then go get another one.
When he names these people, he's vetted them.
And trust me, you have to go through all kinds of divestations.
You have to go through all these security clearances.
That's been done since the summer.
And for President Trump to have to weigh back into this, it's unfair to him because it's pulling away from something else.
This is, I believe, a very important position.
We have tons of nonprofit groups that are out there pushing, writing letters to the president and everything else.
So we're anxious to get started.
Unfortunately, it looks like we may have to go through a renomination process because the last hearing, I believe, took place yesterday.
But we're still fighting for this.
And, yes, we're not historically β
I guess, considered a bomb thrower.