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Lu Says Workers Need ‘Right Skills’ for Jobs

Chris Lu, former deputy secretary of labor and senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, discusses a breakdown of the February employment report and the need to train workers for the jobs of the 21st century.
Chris Lu
Wapo

Why Trump might find the bully pulpit isn’t what it used to be

“When Roosevelt called the presidency the 'bully pulpit' he meant it was a really good platform from which to reach the people,” said Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. “It’s been reinterpreted in many ways as using public appearances as a cudgel to make other people do your will.”
Nicole Hemmer
ABC

Is there a 'deep state' in America and is it trying to take down the President?

Nicole Hemmer, an academic at the University of Virginia and the University of Sydney's US Studies Centre, says the use of the phrase "deep state" has been more rhetorical than descriptive: "Are there ways people within the intelligence community and federal bureaucracy are trying to slow down the Trump administration? Sure. Is that some shadowy government that secretly runs the country? Not at all."
Nicole Hemmer
US News

Take the Deal on Repeal

Conservatives should remember the wisdom of Ronald Reagan, who once famously said that his 80-percent friend is not his 20-percent enemy. Republicans need to behave like a big-tent governing majority, instead of a group of ideologically pure rugged individualists.
Mary Kate Cary
Fortune

President Trump May Have Just Violated A 30-Year-Old Rule

Chris Lu, a lawyer and a former deputy secretary of Labor, says while Spicer and Trump won't likely be punished for breaking the rule, the way the administration reacted to its first full jobs report in office is another bad sign.
Chris Lu