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President elect Trump has begun choosing the people who will make up his new administration.
Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo, who sometimes criticized him, are out.
Who else is heading in to work for a president who prizes loyalty?
I'm Leila Fauldel.
That's Steve Inskeep.
And this is up first from NPR News.
Will the new president take aim at the Affordable Care act again?
Health care professionals think some cuts may be coming.
The math is inescapable that Medicaid and ACA cuts will then be on the table.
And in Israel, the now fired defense minister told hostage families that he blames the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for holding up ceasefire talks this summer.
Yoav Gallant also said there's nothing left for the Israeli military to do in Gaza.
What what does his exit mean for that ongoing and deadly war?