Which state was this American lawyer and Republican politician from, who started his new position in 2017 backed by Trump but failed to work well with the senior White House adviser Don Benton?
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Don Benton Donald Mark Benton (born April 8, 1957) is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is originally from Santa Clarita, California, and from 1997 until 2017 was a member of the Washington State Senate, where he represented Washington's 17th legislative district. He served as campaign director for Donald Trump in Washington state in 2016. After that he was appointed as a "senior White House adviser" at the US Environmental Protection Agency for a few weeks, but reportedly did not work well with newly appointed agency head Scott Pruitt. In April 2017 Benton was named by President Trump as the 13th Director of the Selective Service System.
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Scott Pruitt Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma who is currently the fourteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Nominated for the position by President Donald Trump, Pruitt was confirmed by the United States Senate to lead the EPA on February 17, 2017.
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Robert W. Churchill Robert W. Churchill (born April 10, 1947) is a former American politician and lawyer.
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David Safavian David Hossein Safavian (born August 4, 1967) is a Republican lawyer who worked as a congressional aide, lobbyist, and later as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States General Services Administration (GSA). He is a figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal, having worked with the lobbyist on the Mississippi Band of Choctaw account. After serving with Abramoff as a lobbyist, in 1997 Safavian had co-founded Janus-Merritt Strategies with Republican activist Grover Norquist.
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David L. Bernhardt David L. Bernhardt is an American attorney and government administrator who currently serves as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior. A partner and shareholder at the Colorado law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, he began working for the United States Department of the Interior in 2001, and served as the department's solicitor from 2006 to 2009, among other roles. On April 28, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated him to be the United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2017. He was then sworn into office on August 1, 2017.
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Heath Tarbert Heath Price Tarbert (born July 15, 1976) is an American attorney who is President Donald Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development.
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Scott Brown (politician) Scott Philip Brown (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand. From 2010 to 2013, he served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and in 2014 he was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from New Hampshire.
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Boris Epshteyn Boris Alexandrovich Epshteyn (Russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Эпштейн ; born August 14, 1982) is a Russian-born American Republican political strategist, investment banker, and attorney. He is currently the Chief Political Analyst at Sinclair Broadcast Group. He was a senior advisor to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for President of the United States, and previously worked on the McCain-Palin campaign. Following Trump's election, he was named director of communications for the Presidential Inaugural Committee, and then assistant communications director for surrogate operations in the administration, until he resigned in March 2017.
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David Jolly David Wilson Jolly (born October 31, 1972) is an American attorney, former lobbyist, and former U.S. Representative for Florida's 13th congressional district. A Republican, he previously served as general counsel to his predecessor, U.S. Rep. Bill Young. He won the race for Young's seat in a 2014 special election against Democrat Alex Sink. He was subsequently re-elected in November 2014, winning 75 percent of the vote, but was unseated in 2016 by former Governor Charlie Crist. Jolly has become a prominent Republican critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Eric Cantor Eric Ivan Cantor (born June 6, 1963) is an American politician, lawyer, and banker, who served as the United States representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2001 until 2014. As a member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011. He previously served as House Minority Whip from 2009 until 2011.
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Warren Rudman Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993. He was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that President Clinton approached him in 1994 about replacing departing Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen in Clinton's cabinet, an offer that Rudman declined.
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Bill Northey William Howard "Bill" Northey (born May 27, 1959) is an American politician from the state of Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, he is the current Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. He was first elected on November 7, 2006, and sworn in on January 2, 2007. As Secretary of Agriculture he leads the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. In September 2017, Northey was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation in the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Steven Engel Steven Andrew Engel is an American lawyer who is the nominee to become United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Donald Trump administration. Engel, who previously worked in the George W. Bush administration as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel, was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017. A graduate of Yale Law School, Engel clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. He practiced law at Kirkland & Ellis before becoming a partner at the Dechert law firm.
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Josh Gottheimer Joshua S. Gottheimer (born March 8, 1975) is an American lawyer, speechwriter, public policy adviser, and the U.S. Representative for New Jersey 's 5 congressional district . He has been active within the Democratic Party as a speechwriter for Bill Clinton and as an advisor for the presidential campaigns of Wesley Clark, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. He has also worked for Burson-Marsteller, the Federal Communications Commission, Ford Motor Company, and Microsoft. On November 8, 2016, he defeated incumbent Scott Garrett in the congressional race for New Jersey's 5th District.
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Charles Kushner Charles Kushner (born May 16, 1954) is an American real estate developer. He founded Kushner Companies in 1985. In 2005, he was convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering, and served time in federal prison. After his release, he resumed his career in real estate. His son is Jared Kushner, who is the husband of Ivanka Trump and son-in-law and senior advisor to President of the United States Donald Trump.
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Paul Chabot Paul Roger Chabot (born March 19, 1974) is an American politician, author, public speaker, San Bernardino County Reserve Deputy Sheriff, and a Lieutenant Commander of Naval Intelligence with the United States Navy Reserve. Chabot formerly served as a White House Senior Policy advisor on law enforcement for President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush, and was the Republican candidate for California's 31st congressional district in 2014 and 2016, and was defeated by Democrat Pete Aguilar both times.
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Todd Graves (attorney) Todd P. Graves is a private practice attorney, Republican lawyer and politician, who previously served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. A twice-elected state prosecutor who is currently in private practice with the law firm Graves Garrett LLC, his practice focuses on representing individuals and businesses nationwide before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Graves was born and raised in Tarkio, Missouri. His brother is U.S. Representative Sam Graves. On December 13, 2016, Missouri Governor-Elect Eric Greitens announced his endorsement of Graves for Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party.
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Jeffrey Gerrish Jeffrey Gerrish is an American lawyer. Currently a partner in the International Trade Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, he is President Donald Trump's nominee to become Deputy United States Trade Representative. Gerrish was a member of President Trump's trade transition team.
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Halsey Frank Halsey Frank is an American attorney. Currently an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States District Court for the District of Maine, he is President Donald Trump's nominee to become U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine. Frank previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia and as a trial attorney in the torts branch of the civil division in the United States Department of Justice. He has prosecuted a number of high-profile criminal cases in Maine. Frank was recommended for the position of U.S. Attorney by U.S. Senator Susan Collins.
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Brenda Burman Brenda Burman is an American lawyer and government official. Currently serving as director of water strategy at the Salt River Project, she is President Donald Trump's nominee to become Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Burman served in the George W. Bush administration as Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science. She has previously held positions with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, The Nature Conservancy, and U.S. Senator Jon Kyl.
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Eric Ueland Eric Ueland is an American political advisor and government official. He is President Donald Trump's nominee to become Under Secretary of State for Management.
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Booth Goodwin Robert Booth Goodwin II (born 1971), known commonly as Booth Goodwin, is an American attorney with Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP in Charleston, WV. Goodwin served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 2010-2015. Goodwin was a candidate for Governor of the State of West Virginia during the 2016 election cycle.