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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has resigned.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price , after it was that he spent more than $1 million in taxpayer money on private and military flights; President Trump plans to designate Don J. Wright, a deputy assistant secretary, to serve as acting secretary. During an address to the National Association of Manufacturers, Trump the GOP’s new tax plan as “a giant, beautiful, massive” tax cut. He also his administration against over half of its embassy personnel in Havana to leave the island, citing “specific attacks” that sickened at least 21 U.S. diplomats. The White House that Trump will make his first official trip to Asia during the first two weeks of November.

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