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3 CEOs quit manufacturing council over Trump's response to rally violence

Published Tue, Aug 15, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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THE chief executives of Intel Corp, Merck & Co Inc and Under Armour Inc resigned from US President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council on Monday, following Mr Trump's initially tepid response to weekend violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

"I resigned from the council to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues ... " Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich said in a blog post.

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