If you want to be in the Trump administration, you don't have to provide a thorough resume with a long list of experience, all you need to do is prove your loyalty to the incoming president, at least that's the way it seems based on the list of people Trump has chosen so far. Political analysts Julián Castro and Kimberly Atkins Stohr talk about how MAGA loyalists are vowing to primary Republican lawmakers who don't support Trump's picks. Plus, former CIA Director John Brennan on how top U.S. aides swiftly headed to the Middle East to show support as Syria works to form a new government.

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