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The president broke the news in his favorite way, over twitter. Writing, quote, i am pleased to inform you that i have just named generalsecretary john f. Kelly as white house chief of staff. He is a great american, and a great leader. John has also done a spectacular job at homeland security. Hes been a true star of my administration. Mr. Priebus is the former Republican Party chairman, and he clashed with other officials in the white house, including the new director of communications, anthony scaramucci. John harwood joins us tonight on the phone from washington. John, welcome, good to be with you. How big a surprise, john, is priebus departure . And how big a surprise is the appointment of kelly as chief of staff . Well, i think the departure of Reince Priebus wasnt a surprise. The timing was a s i had been talking to people during the day who were saying, you know, som ....

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