Soren Jordan

Professor at Auburn University

Assistant professor of political science at Auburn University in Alabama.

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President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for Attorney General is Jeff Sessions, an immigration hard-liner and opponent of legal marijuana. Trump has selected Mike Pompeo as CIA chief.

Trump’s latest appointees: Sessions, Pompeo and Flynn

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for Attorney General is Jeff Sessions, an immigration hard-liner and opponent of legal marijuana. Trump has selected Mike Pompeo as CIA chief.

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