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Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

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Reince Priebus (right) President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be White House Chief of Staff, won insider admiration as a smart guy who took complete ownership not just of the RNC building, but of the success of the larger mission — winning the White House (Associated Press)

How Reince Priebus led Donald Trump to victory

At noon on Friday, Reince Priebus, the longest-serving Republican National Committee chairman in history, will officially assume a far more powerful post: White House chief of staff, with 24/7 direct access to the 45th president.

January 19, 2017
Former CIA director retired Gen. David Petraeus (left) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are contenders for secretary of state in the Trump administration. (Associated Press photographs)

Trump team struggles with secretary of state selection

Republicans, including early supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, are shaking their heads over the difficulty the transition team is having in coming up with a selection for the most coveted job in Washington after president: secretary of state.

November 28, 2016
RNC Chair Reince Priebus will get his due thanks for being instrumental in Donald Trump's election as the president-elect nominated him for chief of staff. (Associated Press)

Reince Priebus’ just reward as Trump’s chief of staff

No president-elect in recent memory has so warmly and publicly embraced his party's national chairman as Donald Trump hugged Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in the wee hours after Tuesday's stunning election victory.

November 13, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech during an election night rally Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Donald Trump must act on promises

ANALYSIS: Now that Donald Trump has pulled off the biggest upset in U.S. presidential election history, he'll have to produce on the tallest promises any president has made in recent memory.

November 9, 2016
Media executive Steve Bannon, who came on board as Donald Trump's campaign CEO in August, had never before managed a 50-state operation. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Donald Trump shuns experience in campaign advisers

Dick Cheney as vice president once told a top aide, "Don't make it hard for me to be your friend." That is just what Donald Trump's campaign has been doing: "making it hard for me and other Republicans I know to be the campaign's friend, even though we have tried and tried," a prestigious policy analyst confided on the eve of the final presidential debate last week.

October 23, 2016
Utah Republican Party Chairman James Evans says the break from presidential candidate Donald Trump is misunderstood by members of the press. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, GOP grass roots still committed

State Republican Party chairmen maintain that the media is overplaying a "civil war" in the GOP, saying that while some high-profile lawmakers in Washington are breaking from Donald Trump, the grass-roots members remain committed.

October 11, 2016