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Trump wants say in Iran's successor; Did Noem's testimony cost her job?

Gonzales left his reelection race after admitting to an affair with a former aide, as the House Ethics Committee opened an investigation.

Trump wants say in Iran's successor; Did Noem's testimony cost her job?
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President Donald Trump said the U.S. should help choose Iran’s next leader, while the House and Senate failed to pass measures limiting his authority to order strikes. The roundup also reports Kristi Noem’s dismissal, Markwayne Mullin’s selection as her replacement, and Tony Gonzales’s withdrawal from his reelection race.

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Tony Gonzales
Former U.S. Representative (R-TX)

Texas representative who withdrew from his reelection bid

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Kristi Noem
Former U.S. Representative (R-SD)

Homeland Security secretary dismissed by Trump after a Senate hearing

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose statements on Iran and decisions at the Department of Homeland Security are reported

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Conservative activist and Gonzales’s runoff opponent

John Kennedy
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Louisiana senator who questioned Noem at a hearing

Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of Homeland Security

Senator selected by Trump to lead the Department of Homeland Security

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