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May 8, 2017

Army Secretary Nominee Withdraws over Anti-Islam, Anti-LGBTQ Comments
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President Trump's nominee for secretary of the Army, Mark Green,
withdrew from consideration on Friday, after drawing fire over anti-gay,
transphobic and anti-Muslim comments. The uproar followed newly
unearthed recordings including a video in which the Tennessee Republican
state senator accuses public schools of indoctrinating children in
Islam, and a radio interview in which Sen. Green compares transgender
people to ISIS militants. Trump's first nominee for Army secretary,
billionaire Vincent Viola, withdrew in February saying he was unable to
disentangle himself from his business ties.


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