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Q&A: UVA’S Antholis called out Rob Porter's security clearance. Here's why.

It began with a tweet, as so many things seem to do these days. Like many, William Antholis, the director of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, was troubled by allegations of domestic violence against President Trump’s staff secretary, Rob Porter. Porter’s two ex-wives told FBI agents of the abuse during a routine background check on the high-level White House aide. Porter, who has denied the allegations, resigned last week when they became public.
William Antholis
Daily Progress

Christie featured in one of final ‘American Forum’ episodes

Former New Jersey Gov. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie will be featured in the penultimate episode of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center’s “American Forum.” The hourlong conversation he had Monday with host Douglas Blackmon is set to air on PBS stations in Virginia on Feb. 25 and nationally on Feb. 28. It is focused on the future of the Republican Party and Christie’s connection to President Donald Trump’s administration.
Douglas Blackmon
Washington Post

EPA chief has unusual waiver to fly in first or business class

“Pruitt’s explanation is absurd and assumes that it’s easier to protect someone in first class than in economy,” said Chris Lu, who served as White House Cabinet secretary during Barack Obama’s first term. “Members of Congress who routinely fly coach should be offended by his lavish travel habits.”
Chris Lu
Cambridge review

Review of 'Inside the Clinton White House'

"Inside the Clinton White House," by Miller Center scholar Russell Riley, is a masterful history of the White House told from the perspective of those who were there. Riley has collated countless hours of elite interviewing into a vivid and eminently useful narrative history of the presidency of Bill Clinton.
Russell Riley