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Price Resigns Amid Outcry Over Private Flights

By Andrew Egger
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Price Resigns Amid Outcry Over Private Flights

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday afternoon, amid reports that President Trump was considering firing him over his use of private jets for government business, which provoked a public outcry over misuse of public funds.

The White House released a statement accepting Price’s resignation and announcing that Don Wright of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion would serve as Acting Secretary.

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