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   HIS HISTORY.                 
   NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER        
   HAS DETAILS.                 

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   >> Reporter: PRESIDENT       
   TRUMP'S PICK FOR LABOR       
   SECRETARY ANDY PUZDER        

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   NO LONGER UP FOR THE         
   JOB.                         
   HE SAID HE HAD HOPED         

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   TO PUT U.S. WORKERS ON       
   A PATH TO PROSPERITY.        
   THIS COMES ON THE EVE        

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   OF THE LONG DELAYED          
   CONFIRMATION HEARING.        
   THE FAST FOOD MOGUL          

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   DROPPING OUT AMID            
   GROWING RESISTANCE,          
   INCLUDING EVAPORATING        

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   SUPPORT FROM                 
   REPUBLICANS.                 
   >> I BELIEVE THE             

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   HEARING TOMORROW WOULD       
   HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY          
   DIFFICULT FOR HIM.           

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   >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS       
   TONIGHT CLAIMING             
   VICTORY.                     

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   >> THERE IS SOME GOOD        
   NEWS TODAY FOR WORKERS       
   AND FAMILIES AND WOMEN       

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   IN AMERICA.                  
   >> Reporter: FOR             
   PUZDER, THE LAST DRAW        

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   MAY HAVE BEEN OPRAH          
   WINFREY'S COMPANY OF A       
   1990 EPISODE OBTAINED        

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   BY POLITICO WHERE            
   PUZDER'S EX-WIFE             
   APPEARED IN DISGUISE.        

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   >> HE VOWED REVENGE.         
   HE SAID I WILL SEE YOU       
   IN THE GUTTER.               

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   THIS WILL NEVER BE           
   OVER.                        
   YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS.       

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   >> Reporter: PUZDER          
   ALWAYS DENIED THE            
   ALLEGATIONS AND HIS          

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   EX-WIFE HAS SINCE            
   RECANTED.                    
   HIS NOMINATION SPARKED       

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   PROTESTS FROM                
   CALIFORNIA TO FLORIDA,       
   FACING SCRUTINY FOR          

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   HIS MINIMUM WAGE LAWS.       
   PAST EMPLOYMENT OF AN        
   UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT       

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   AS A HOUSEKEEPER AND         
   RACY COMMERCIALS FOR         
   HIS FAST FOOD                

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   RESTAURANT.                  
   EVEN IF HE COULDN'T          
   SECURE HIS OWN.              

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   ANDY PUZDER WASN'T THE       
   FIRST CABINET PICK TO        
   FACE FIERCE OPPOSITION       

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   BUT HE'S THE FIRST TO        
   FALL SHORT.                  
   TONIGHT, TWO MORE            

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   NOMINEES MAY BE AT           
   RISK WITH ONE                
   PROMINENT REPUBLICAN         

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   SAYING HE WON'T              
   SUPPORT THE                  
   PRESIDENT'S PICK FOR         

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   BUDGET DIRECTOR AND          
   ANOTHER SAYING SHE           
   WON'T