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WaPo: Acting Head of DEA to Resign over Trump

HeadlineSep 27, 2017

The Washington Post reports the acting head of the Drug Enforcement Agency is planning to resign in less than a week over President Trump and concerns about what he considers Trump’s lack of respect for the law. Last month, Chuck Rosenberg criticized Trump for condoning police brutality during his speech to police officers in Brentwood, New York. In response, Rosenberg sent an agency-wide memo reading, “We have an obligation to speak out when something is wrong.”

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