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Essentially, i think it is fair to say he would have played some role. i don't know how much of a role or perhaps less of a role than if he had been allowed to stay on as he planned for a couple more mont, or if he had not resigned in the first place. i think what is more clear is that he did overshadow this trip, both by his absence, not traveling with the president as he might have if he was planning to stay in the role, and because president trump not only having not visited the troops prior to this troops -- forward-deployed troops prior to this, but also this visit wind up being almost a ...
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