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AOL
February 10, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions thinks the U.S. could easily combat the growing opioid crisis by taking over-the-counter medications for pain and “tough it out.” “I am operating on the assumption that this country prescribes too many opioids,” Sessions said Wednesday as he touted the Trump administration'sÃÂ ...
The Boston Globe
February 10, 2018
Retired Marine general John Kelly, a Brighton native, was brought in to restore order to a reportedly chaotic White House. Initially, the stern-faced Kelly seemed a needed counterweight behind the scenes to the mercurial President Trump. But he found himself embroiled in controversy this week over hisÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
February 10, 2018
... Donald Trump, in perhaps his most consequential personnel shake-up to date, named retired four-star Marine general John Kelly as his chief of staff. ... To be clear, Kelly, a nearly lifelong Marine, served his country bravely over the course of decades, and he and his family have endured the unique horrorÃÂ ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
February 10, 2018
Kelly was promoted to the rank of major in 1987 and served as the 2nd Marine Division's operations officer. By the mid-90s Kelly was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was selected as a Commandant's Liaison Officer in the House of Representatives in 1995 where he was promoted to colonel. >> Related:ÃÂ ...
Vox
February 10, 2018
“You know, when I was a kid growing up, a lot of things were sacred in our country. Women were sacred, looked upon with great honor,” White House Chief of Staff and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly said from the podium in the White House briefing room in October. “That's obviously not the case anymoreÃÂ ...
OCRegister
February 9, 2018
“I happen to be a Marine so I was a little unhappy to hear that gentleman talking about the (military) services the way he did, especially to high school kids,” said Bonich, who served from ... Victor also was invited by White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly to visit the White House, Rodriguez said.
The Recorder
February 9, 2018
“People need to take some aspirin sometimes and tough it out a little.” He went on to brag about how White House chief of staff and former Marine Gen. John Kelly refused opioids after a recent minor surgery. “He goes, 'I'm not taking any drugs,'” Sessions said, imitating Kelly's voice and drawing a round ofÃÂ ...
Mediaite
February 3, 2018
The ouster of Priebus and the arrival of retired Marine Corps general John Kelly has reportedly brought some discipline to the White House, but problems still remain. As Axios's remarkably well-sourced Jonathan Swan put it recently: “People are not loyal to the president.” “If you hustle hard enough you getÃÂ ...
Boston Irish Reporter
February 1, 2018
When General John Kelly was appointed Secretary of Homeland Security, and, later ,White House chief of staff, many in and around Boston felt a sense of pride and optimism that ... In late 2010, his son Robert, 29 years old and a Marine following in his father's footsteps, was killed in action in Afghanistan.
Patch.com
February 1, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA — White House chief of staff John Kelly, not known for making public statements, had no reservations Wednesday about tearing into a Los Angeles high school teacher caught disparaging the armed forces on camera. The former U.S. Marine Corps general was blunt in his assessmentÃÂ ...
HuffPost
January 20, 2018
President Donald Trump, flanked at a White House meeting on Oct. 5, 2017, by Defense Secretary James Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. The arrival of retired Marine Gen. John Kelly as chief of staff last summer was supposed to bring order and structure to the White House, and in someÃÂ ...
Politico
January 18, 2018
Nearly six months after retired Marine Gen. John Kelly took over from former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as chief of staff, the president is as undisciplined as ever. That's sent morale in the West Wing plunging to new depths, according to more than half a dozen current andÃÂ ...
KCRA Sacramento
January 3, 2018
In his first comments after being blasted by President Donald Trump earlier in the day, Steve Bannon called Trump "a great man" while hosting a radio show Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Trump's attorney said that he has sent a cease and desist letter to the former White House chief strategist over the critical commentsÃÂ ...
HuffPost
January 2, 2018
Trump's own chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, said in November that he doesn't pay any attention to Trump's tweets, and suggested others do the same. Leaders of other countries, however, have not all internalized that message. On Monday, shortly after Trump accused Pakistan of acceptingÃÂ ...
Chron.com
January 2, 2018
When retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly was appointed to be the White House Chief of Staff, McCaul was considered to be on the short list to replace him as Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump Administration. The position eventually went to Kelly's former chief-of-staff, Kirstjen Nielsen.
Business Insider
August 6, 2017
Retired Marine general John Kelly sprung into action in his first week as White House chief of staff, attempting to impose a military-like rigor upon the staff of the notoriously chaotic West Wing. Kelly, so far, has overseen the dismissal of bombastic communications director Anthony Scaramucci, ensured thatÃÂ ...
Newsweek
July 28, 2017
The retired general grew up in Boston and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1970. He later attended the University of Massachusetts and returned to the Marines. He is married, and three of his children have served in the Marines and one has been an FBI agent. (His son Robert was killed while on duty inÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
President Donald Trump is at odds with his chief of staff, calling retired four-star Marine Corps general John Kelly "another nut job," and on the lookout for a replacement, according to a new report. Citing "two prominent Republicans in frequent contact with the White House," Vanity Fair reported that theÃÂ ...
The Hill
December 9, 2017
Powell was once rumored to be in the running for the job of White House chief of staff, a job that eventually went to retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly ÷ John Francis KellyMORE. Still, she played a major role in organizing the president's foreign trips and helped Kushner's team develop a strategy forà...
FOX10 News
December 8, 2017
A retired lieutenant colonel from Tuscaloosa put himself in the Alabama Senate race as a write-in candidate. Lee Busby calls himself a centrist conservative. The retired Marine told FOX10 News Thursday his decision to run wasn't necessarily decided by the controversy surrounding Republican Roy Moore.
WTOP
December 7, 2017
One year ago: President-elect Donald Trump selected retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon, to run theÃÂ ...
Citizentribune
December 7, 2017
One year ago: President-elect Donald Trump selected retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon, to run theÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
December 4, 2017
His was the latest description of the controversial prison that Congress has discussed — and rejected — replacing for $49 million to $69 million since 2014. Different senior military officials, starting with then Marine Gen. John Kelly, now President Donald Trump's chief of staff, have described the facility as ...
The Week Magazine
December 4, 2017
The ascendance of retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to the role of White House chief of staff was heralded as a much-needed source of discipline in an administration marked by high staff turnover and a presidential Twitter account unfettered by such tediums as business hours, syntax, and grave legal implications. But a new ...
New Jersey Herald
December 3, 2017
It is hard to wrap our minds around the prospect of President Donald Trump's retired four-star Marine Gen. John Kelly being similarly summoned and racing in ready for whatever. That was my first introduction to the role of a White House chief of staff, the second-most powerful U.S. government job. The chief ...
Politico
December 1, 2017
It was Cotton, among others, who helped bring retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, now the White House chief of staff, to Trump's attention during the transition. Cotton had developed a ... Cotton was among several lawmakers and outside advisers who pushed Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as a candidate for national ...
Raw Story
November 26, 2017
Mullen touted the military's apolitical stance on national issues and said that White House Chief of Staff — and retired Marine Corps general — John Kelly, National Security Adviser and U.S. Army General H.R. McMaster and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis — a retired Marine Corps general — are all “great ...
Business Insider
November 25, 2017
President Donald Trump's chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, reportedly considered the possibility of senior adviser Jared Kushner and Trump's daughter, Ivanka, leaving the West Wing by the end of this year. Trump has also grown frustrated with Kushner's political advice and is said to be urgingÃÂ ...
The National Memo (blog)
November 24, 2017
No hero-worship the way Trump pays homage to “my generals,” like former Marine Corps general John Kelly, chief of staff. JFK consulted allies ...
HuffPost
November 15, 2017
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly told reporters near the end of Trump's 12-day Asia trip that he doesn't read his boss's tweets and neither does ...
CNN
November 8, 2017
Trump was aboard Marine One with his chief of staff Gen. John Kelly, his national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, Tillerson and Gen.
Workers World
November 7, 2017
Gen. John Kelly, an apologist for Gen. ... of the Department of Homeland Security and is a retired four-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The Philadelphia Tribune
November 3, 2017
White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly was initially touted by many in ... Kelly is a retired Marine general, but his statements sounded like ...
Miami Herald
November 1, 2017
“Robert E. Lee was an honorable man,” John Kelly said Monday night on the Fox News Channel. “He was a man that gave ... Kelly, the four-star Marine general, surely knows American military history well enough to understand that sometimes compromise is deadly, not desirable. Kelly, the chief of staff to a ...
Dallas News
November 1, 2017
Walter Jones, Texas judges, Gen. John Kelly, Amazon, GOP budget, ... of lies that even a former Marine Corps four-star general is not immune ...
PBS NewsHour
October 31, 2017
In an interview Monday night with FOX News, retired Marine Corps General John Kelly made the case for keeping Confederate monuments as ...
Common Dreams
October 31, 2017
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly appearing on Laura ... former U.S. Marine general argued that it was "lack of ability to compromise" that led to ... put it for Splinter News, "Gen. John Kelly, President Trump's current chief of ...
New York Magazine
October 31, 2017
Finally, in late July, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus was replaced by retired four-star Marine Corps general John Kelly in an attempt ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
October 30, 2017
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks during a White House ... but I was disappointed in his characterizations of General John Kelly and ... I can agree with some of the advice Bob received from the old Marine colonel, ...
NorthJersey.com
October 27, 2017
I have something in common with embattled White House Chief of Staff and former Marine general John Kelly that goes far beyond the spelling ...
The Patriot Ledger
October 25, 2017
He was referring to retired Marine Gen. John Kelly – now Trump's chief of staff – Secretary of Defense and retired Marine Gen. James Mattis ...
Politico
October 25, 2017
James Mattis heads up the Pentagon, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly is the White House chief of staff and Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster (who is ...
Sacramento Bee
October 23, 2017
Letters: Gen. John Kelly tries to assuage his guilt ... soldier's mother” (sacbee.com, Oct. 19): Donald Trump's chief of staff, retired Marine Gen.
CNN
October 20, 2017
CBS News' Chip Reid asked Sanders about a factual inaccuracy in White House chief of staff and retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly's attack ...
Slate Magazine
October 20, 2017
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly gave a remarkable performance at Thursday's White House press briefing, deploying his record of service and ...
TIME
October 19, 2017
White House Chief of Staff and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly has praised the movie Taking Chance for its depiction of how the military ...
Newsweek
October 18, 2017
Trump Uses Combat Death of John Kelly's Son in Afghanistan to Make ... Kelly's son, Marine 2nd Lt. Robert Kelly, was killed instantly by a land ...
CNN
October 17, 2017
... his chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly, whether Obama called him ... Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general, was a lieutenant general at ...
ABC News
October 12, 2017
White House chief of staff John Kelly forcefully pushed back on rumors of ... of the finest people I know, General John Kelly, by saying he will soon be. ... Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general, took office as chief of staff in late ...
The White House (blog)
October 12, 2017
... Sarah Sanders and Chief of Staff General John Kelly, 10/12/2017, #22 ... Prior to this, when I was at DHS and certainly as a Marine general ...
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