There is a pattern in the Trump administration that if you are very good at the first job you are appointed to, you are likely to get another one, something more challenging than the first.

It’s been true for Secretary of State Marco Rubio , who is also the acting national security adviser and acting archivist of the United States, and for several months, he was the acting director of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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Frank Bisignano hasn’t hit peak Rubio yet. But the 18th commissioner of the Social Security Administration , who was confirmed by the Senate in May, was named earlier this month the chief ex

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