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'Paying no attention to consequences': Agencies scramble to rehire experts fired by DOGE - Velshi - MSNBC
Elon Musk compared DOGE’s purges of government agencies to the Clinton Administration’s “Reinventing Government” initiative, but senior adviser to Vice President Al Gore, Elaine Kamarck, who worked on that initiative, says, “We did it exactly the opposite way.”
She continued, “They are paying no attention to consequences, which is why, by the way, they're having to backtrack all the time.” Several agencies now are scrambling to rehire following DOGE cuts. - Aired on 03/01/2025.