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• the wheels on the bus (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Friday July 06 2018, @08:11AM

  by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Friday July 06 2018, @08:11AM (#703423) Journal

  Just as bad as the old guy, except he is going to be less scandal-prone, and has learned from the example of his boss and will be avoiding making the easily avoidable headlines.

  https://www.vox.com/2018/7/5/17538160/andrew-wheeler-epa-scott-pruitt [vox.com]

  3) He’s got more Washington experience than much of Trump’s Cabinet

  As the New York Times points out [nytimes.com], however, there is one crucial way that Wheeler differs from his departing boss. Pruitt was Oklahoma’s attorney general before being named to Trump’s Cabinet, and an outsider who recklessly took advantage of the privileges he obtained. Wheeler is seen as a seasoned political operative who knows how to carefully traverse the system. (He was also at the EPA as a special assistant in the agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics for four years before he worked for Inhofe.)

  Unlike Mr. Pruitt — who had come to Washington as an outsider and aspiring politician, only to get caught up in a swirl of controversy over his costly first-class travel and security spending — Mr. Wheeler is viewed as a consummate Washington insider who avoids the limelight and has spent years effectively navigating the rules.

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