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K.T. McFarland withdraws nomination for Singapore ambassador

By Joel Gehrke

Published February 2, 2018 9:01pm ET

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K.T. McFarland withdraws nomination for Singapore ambassador — K.T. McFarland's career in the administration became embroiled in the controversy over then-national security adviser Michael Flynn's conversations about U.S. sanctions policy with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

President Trump’s preferred ambassador to Singapore has withdrawn her nomination, following a protracted delay in the Senate.

“I have come to this decision, because I believe in your mission,” K.T. McFarland, Trump’s former deputy national security adviser, wrote in a Friday letter to the president. “Know that I have no intention of withdrawing from the national debate and I want to help you in whatever way I can.”

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