claim: "putting three republicans in my cabinet...is unprecedented."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: feb 7, 2017 ... two republican senators, lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine,  joined with every democrat in opposition to devos's confirmation. ... secretary of  education has been among the least contentious cabinet positions: only three of  the previous 10 nominees received any “no” votes at all.
evidence_2: nov 24, 2016 ... steve bannon, trump's chief strategist, headed right-wing news site breitbart  news before chairing the president-elect's campaign. reince priebus, trump's  chief of staff, previously ran the republican national committee. and trump's  son-in-law jared kushner, a key presidential campaign strategist who is ...
evidence_3: feb 9, 2009 ... you know, when i made a series of overtures to the republicans, going over to  meet with both republican caucuses, you know, putting three republicans in my  cabinet -- something that is unprecedented -- making sure that they were invited  here to the white house to talk about the economic recovery plan ...
evidence_4: nov 24, 2016 ... put together, trump's cabinet and administration could be worth as much as $35  billion, a staggering agglomeration of wealth unprecedented in american ... and  andrew mellon, whose fortune rivaled that of john rockefeller, famously served  as treasury secretary for three republican administrations in the ...
evidence_5: feb 3, 2009 ... and we know the only way to solve the great challenges of our time is to put  aside stale ideology and petty partisanship, and embrace what works." "the  commerce ... gregg joins secretary ray lahood (transportation) and secretary  robert gates for a total of three republicans in the cabinet. read the full ...