Trump Reportedly Won’t Tap RFK Jr.’s Daughter-In-Law To No. 2 CIA Post
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News of the potential appointment sparked fierce pushback from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton.
President-elect Donald Trump is no longer considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter-in-law to serve as deputy director of the CIA after a fierce campaign against her appointment by some Republican lawmakers, according to multiple reports.
Trump was reportedly weighing an appointment for Amaryllis Fox Kennedy — who is married to Kennedy’s son. The woman is a former undercover CIA officer and managed her father-in-law’s unsuccessful presidential campaign.
But the report prompted sharp pushback from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R), who will be the No. 3 Republican in the chamber next year. He is expected to chair the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee.
The Washington Post reported Monday that Cotton — one of the fiercest hawks in Congress — was concerned about Fox Kennedy’s past comments in which she advocated for listening to America’s enemies as the “only real way to disarm” them.
“I think the question we need to be asking as Americans examining our foreign policy is whether we’re pouring kerosene on a candle,” she said in a 2016 interview with Al Jazeera. “The only real way to disarm your enemy is to listen to them.”
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