The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 27, 2017 Jared Kushner: "Government Should Be Run Like a Great American Company" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Back in the United States, The Washington Post is reporting President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office today, which will be run by his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner. The Post reports the White House Office of American Innovation will be staffed by former business executives who will be given wide-reaching authority to overhaul federal bureaucracy and even privatize some of the government's functions. On Sunday, Kushner told the Post, "The government should be run like a great American company. Our hope is that we can achieve successes and efficiencies for our customers, who are the citizens." .