Republican North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows tendered his resignation from Congress Monday in order to become the new White House Chief of Staff.
Meadows replaces acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney who will become the U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland.
"Serving the people of North Carolina's eleventh congressional district for these last seven years has been the honor of my life," Meadows wrote Monday in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "I will forever be grateful for the opportunity."
"I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff," President Donald Trump tweeted in March. "I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one...."
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I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff. I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one....
