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During an emotional address at the daily White House press briefing, Chief of Staff John Kelly defended President Trump’s handling of a phone call with a Gold Star family.
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During an emotional address at the daily White House press briefing, Chief of Staff John Kelly President Trump’s handling of a phone call with a Gold Star family and described his own son’s death in Afghanistan. Former President George W. Bush against the rise of “nativism” and said he’s resigning from Congress to lead the Ohio Business Roundtable. Senator John McCain to seek a subpoena to get more information on the attack in Niger that killed four U.S. service members. Former President Obama at a rally for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam in Richmond at 6 p.m. ET.

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