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His confirmation hearing is scheduled for next Thursday, February 2. What's it like for unmarried women to work for the man President Trump has hand-picked to protect the interests of 150 million American workers?

We are talking about citizens who picked up guns to protect their homes".

Then they picked up sticks to protect them from local gangsters.

A good guy could pick it up to protect people, and a bad guy could pick it up to cut someone's head off".

As darkness settled in and the curfew took effect on Wednesday, residents on the outskirts of Los Ángeles began placing wooden barriers in front of their streets and picking up weapons to protect against armed bandits they said were taking advantage of the chaos to steal from their homes.

Even Mexico is picking up again: To protect its domestic sugar industry, in 2002 the government imposed a hefty 20%tax on beverages using high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener.

That means picking which innovators to protect, and the commission appears poised to make the right choice.

Rather, "the objection is to the loss of public confidence in governmental protective services if the public knows that its protectors are at liberty to pick and choose whom to protect".

3pm I popped to the shops during my lunch break to pick up some plasters to protect my knuckles from the wear and tear they're currently suffering from all my chest banging.

Put buyers may be picking up the contracts to protect the value of a long position in SAIC shares, or could be initiating outright bearish bets that the stock is set to reverse course ahead of expiration.

When necessary, I dropped my camera to pick up my rifle to protect myself and those to my left and right.