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Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney (R) passes Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly (L) as he makes his way to the podium in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on May 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.
President Donald Trump named Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, as his acting chief of staff.
The Friday announcement follows a week of speculation about who would succeed John Kelly in the role. On Saturday, Trump announced that the retired Marine Corps general would exit the administration by the end of the year.
The short list of potential replacements for Kelly reportedly included Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Nick Ayers.
Mulvaney, a fiscal conservative, is a Republican former congressman from South Carolina. He also recently served as the acting director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, until last week when the Senate approved Trump’s nominee Kathy Kraninger to lead the watchdog agency.
Mulvaney had been floated as a possible chief of staff replacement as early as February when Kelly came under fire for his handling of a top aide’s domestic abuse scandal.
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