Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Trump says Marino has withdrawn as drug czar nominee
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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:48:55 -0600
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that Rep. Tom Marino has withdrawn his name from consideration to become the administration's next drug czar, after CBS' "60 Minutes" and The Washington Post reported that the lawmaker championed a law that hobbled federal efforts to combat the abuse of opioids.
 
"Rep.Tom Marino has informed me that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar. Tom is a fine man and a great Congressman!" Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning.
 
Trump on Monday had pledged to reverse his nomination of Marino (R-Pa.) to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy if "it's 1 percent negative to doing what we want to do."
 
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