Citing disagreements with the administration over control of the census and the direction of the economic stimulus package, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire abruptly withdrew as President Obama’s nominee to head the Commerce Department.

“We are functioning from a different set of views on many critical items of policy,” Gregg said in a statement citing “irresolvable conflicts.”

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