President Trump withdrew the nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White to be the top environmental official in the White House Saturday after Senate Democrats attacked her climate change views, and few Republicans came to her defense.
Democrats during last congressional session had successfully stalled White’s confirmation to lead the Council on Environmental Quality, with the Senate returning her nomination to the White House rather than automatically tabling her nomination into 2018 with other pending nominations.
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