Trump clarifies why pick for DEA backed out: ‘I pulled him out’

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President-elect Donald Trump said he pulled Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff, from being nominated to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration after Chronister announced he was taking himself out. 

Chronister had said he withdrew his nomination because “the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration.”

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