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 Mandel Ngan/AFP/GettyORLANDO, Florida—Historians will look back at Tuesday night as the evening in which Donald Trump killed Hillary Clinton's 2016 election chances.
Sure, it's June 2019, but Trump couldn't help but live in the past as he formally launched his reelection campaign. And like any throwback event, he broke out all the classics.
The old gang was all here: Mike, Eric, Don Jr. Lara, Melania, and, of course, Hillary, who was there in spirit though not in body.
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 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely nominate Mark Esper to be the secretary of defense, hours after he named Esper, the secretary of the Army, to replace Patrick Shanahan as acting defense secretary.
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Hope Hicks, once a close aide and communications director for President Donald Trump, will become on Wednesday the first member of his inner circle to testify to the congressional panel leading a probe into possible obstruction of justice by Trump.
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In the opinion of Army Secretary Mark Esper, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. military, Washington was late to recognize that America will be locked in a strategic competition with China for years to come.
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"You have people on both sides of that," the president said when asked about the wrongly convicted defendants.
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 REUTERSActing Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn himself from the confirmation process, effectively stepping down from the role.
President Trump made the announcement on Twitter Tuesday, writing: "Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family."
Trump also announced that Secretary of the Army Mark Esper will replace Shanahan. Esper, a former executive at defense giant Raytheon, was confirmed as army secretary in November 2017.
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 Hours before the president was due to formally announce the kickoff of his reelection campaign at a rally in Orlando, the Orlando Sentinel announced it will endorse anyone but him.
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