
US President Donald Trump signed his first decrees. First of all, he sent proposals to the Senate on appointments to posts in his administration is reported on the White House website.
In addition to the leaders of the main departments, the president proposed candidates for US representatives to the UN and other international organizations, as well as ambassadors in China and Israel.
The Senate has already approved the new heads of the Ministry of Defense and Internal Security. The Pentagon will be headed by General James Mattis in 2013. The candidate of the general was supported by 98 senators, only one spoke out against. Mattis is the first personnel soldier at the head of the Pentagon in more than half a century.
John Kelly was the Minister of Internal Security. In 2012, he headed the southern command of the United States with the main task to prevent drug transportation in South and Central America. In January 2016, Kelly resigned, completing the 45-year military service.
The post of head of the CIA Trump was proposed by Mike Pompeo. However, the Senate decided to hold with 88 votes against eight before the appointment of a debate. They will take place on Monday.
In addition, he signed a decree prescribing to the institutions to “reduce regulation” in anticipation of the abolition of the healthcare system introduced six years ago, known as Obamacare. In accordance with his pre -election promises, the president intends to cancel the reform by the previous head of state Barack Obama as soon as possible.
The law was adopted in 2010 only by the Democrats, who at that time controlled the congress. Then the Republicans, having achieved the majority in the House of Representatives, and then in the Senate, voted dozens of times for the abolition of the law, but could not overcome the veto of the president.
Next week, the first weekly circulation of Trump to the nation will take place.
On Friday, Trump's inauguration was held. The president took the oath and took office at 12 o’clock in Washington (20:00 Moscow time). In the inauguration speech, Trump thanked his predecessor Obama and emphasized that at this ceremony, power is not only transferred from one president to another or from one party of another, but at this ceremony, the authorities are moving from Washington to ordinary Americans.