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Questionable Security Clearances for Trump Family Members

April Ryan
March 6, 2019

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Ivanka Trump, center left, the daughter of President Donald Trump and White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, center right, talk with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, center, at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Security clearances for members of the president’s family are back in the headlines. The controversy has swelled with revelations that the president overrode intelligence agencies to land security clearances for son-in-law, Jared Kushner and daughter, Ivanka. April Ryan speaks with PJ Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State in the Obama Administration, who explains the crux of the security clearance controversy.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan