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Trump’s Health Secretary Resigns in Travel Flap

In this June 15, 2017, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Price announced Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, he is
resigning amid criticism of his travel on private planes.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
By RICARDO ZALDIVAR tial repayment couldn’t save his Price served less than eight months. a distraction. Trump felt that Price
JONATHAN LEMIRE job. Publicly, Trump had said he was was overshadowing his tax over-
Associated Press The Health and Human Services “not happy” with Price for repeat- haul agenda and undermining his
WASHINGTON (AP) — President secretary became the first mem- edly using private charter aircraft campaign promise to “drain the
Donald Trump’s health secretary ber of the president’s Cabinet to for official trips on the taxpayer’s swamp” of corruption, according
resigned Friday, after his costly be pushed out in a turbulent young dime, when cheaper commercial to three people familiar with the
travel triggered investigations that administration that has seen sever- flights would have done in many discussions who spoke on condi-
overshadowed the administra- al high-ranking White House aides cases. Privately, Trump has been tion of anonymity.
tion’s agenda and angered his ousted. A former GOP congress- telling associates in recent days
boss. Tom Price’s regrets and par- man from the Atlanta suburbs, that his health chief had become Continued on Page 3
US to Americans: Stay away from Cuba After ‘attacks’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The No longer tiptoeing around will lose roughly 60 per- harmed U.S. diplomats, but mize the number of dip-
United States issued an the issue, the Trump ad- cent of its American staff he didn’t say who he might lomats at risk of exposure
ominous warning to Ameri- ministration shifted to call- and will stop processing mean by “they.” to harm.” In Friday’s travel
cans on Friday to stay away ing the episodes “attacks” visas for prospective Cu- Secretary of State Rex Tiller- warning, the State Depart-
from Cuba and ordered rather than “incidents.” ban travelers to the United son, who reviewed options ment confirmed earlier re-
home more than half the The U.S. actions are sure to States indefinitely, officials for a response with Trump, porting by The Associated
U.S. diplomatic corps, ac- rattle already delicate ties said. Roughly 50 Ameri- said, “Until the govern- Press that U.S. personnel
knowledging neither the between the longtime ad- cans had been working at ment of Cuba can ensure first encountered unex-
Cubans nor America’s FBI versaries who only recently the embassy. the safety of our diplomats plained physical effects in
can figure out who or what began putting their hostil- President Donald Trump in Cuba, our embassy will Cuban hotels.
is responsible for months of ity behind them. said that in Cuba “they did be reduced to emergency
mysterious health ailments. The U.S. Embassy in Cuba some very bad things” that personnel in order to mini- Continued on Page 2