Andrew Puzder has withdrawn as President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary. Just two days earlier, Michael Flynn resigned from his position as national security adviser. Puzder faced united Democratic opposition. And some Senate Republicans were concerned that he employed an undocumented worker as a housekeeper. Flynn’s departure came just 24 days into the Trump administration. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Flynn, a retired general, lost the trust of the president. David Greenberg is a historian at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He said he couldn’t remember any recent high-level White House official losing his job so quickly. Flynn’s departure is notable for how quickly it occurred. But all recent presidents have asked top administration officials to resign. Some, like Puzder, did not get to serve even one day in the job for which they were nominated. The last three presidents, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, all pulled back important nominations after questions were raised about their choices. For Obama, it was his first choice for health secretary. For Bush, it was a nominee for the Supreme Court. And for Clinton, it was his first two choices for attorney general.
Title: No Guarantee of Job Security at White House
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/WH_jobs.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='No Guarantee of Job Security at White House' data-article-id='2208'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8542'>Andrew Puzder has withdrawn as President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary.</span> <span data-start-time='8542' data-end-time='17771'>Just two days earlier, Michael Flynn resigned from his position as national security adviser.</span> <span data-start-time='17771' data-end-time='22542'>Puzder faced united Democratic opposition.</span> <span data-start-time='22542' data-end-time='33104'>And some Senate Republicans were concerned that he employed an undocumented worker as a housekeeper.</span> <span data-start-time='33104' data-end-time='40813'>Flynn’s departure came just 24 days into the Trump administration.</span> <span data-start-time='40813' data-end-time='52333'>White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Flynn, a retired general, lost the trust of the president.</span> <span data-start-time='52333' data-end-time='59771'>David Greenberg is a historian at Rutgers University in New Jersey.</span> <span data-start-time='59771' data-end-time='70563'>He said he couldn’t remember any recent high-level White House official losing his job so quickly.</span> <span data-start-time='70563' data-end-time='76333'>Flynn’s departure is notable for how quickly it occurred.</span> <span data-start-time='76333' data-end-time='84750'>But all recent presidents have asked top administration officials to resign.</span> <span data-start-time='84750' data-end-time='94313'>Some, like Puzder, did not get to serve even one day in the job for which they were nominated.</span> <span data-start-time='94313' data-end-time='110813'>The last three presidents, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, all pulled back important nominations after questions were raised about their choices.</span> <span data-start-time='110813' data-end-time='116458'>For Obama, it was his first choice for health secretary.</span> <span data-start-time='116458' data-end-time='121521'>For Bush, it was a nominee for the Supreme Court.</span> <span data-start-time='121521' data-end-time='127771'>And for Clinton, it was his first two choices for attorney general.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/WH_jobs.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8132 data-hint-location='17771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/what_does_opposition_mean.m4a'>What does opposition mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='resistance or dissent'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/support_and_trust.m4a'><span>support and trust</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/resistance_or_dissent.m4a'><span>resistance or dissent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/early_departure.m4a'><span>early departure</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/job_security.m4a'><span>job security</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8133 data-hint-location='17771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/what_opposition_did_the_labor_secretary_face.m4a'>What opposition did the Labor Secretary face?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Democratic'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/democratic.m4a'><span>Democratic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/global.m4a'><span>Global</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/senate.m4a'><span>Senate</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/republican.m4a'><span>Republican</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8134 data-hint-location='70563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/his_departure_is__blank__for_how_quickly_it_occurred.m4a'>His departure is <span class='blank'>notable</span> for how quickly it occurred.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='notable'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/untrue.m4a'><span>untrue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/supported.m4a'><span>supported</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/notable.m4a'><span>notable</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1690/common.m4a'><span>common</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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