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FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump is seen in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Leaked transcripts of presidential calls aren't just embarrassing to Donald Trump. They could undermine faith in Washington’s ability to protect confidential conversations and intelligence, and have a chilling effect on American diplomacy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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In this photo provided by the office of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, taken, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, Zinke and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska enjoy Alaskan beer in Washington. Zinke says he’s mended fences with Murkowski after a widely reported dispute over Murkowski’s vote to oppose the GOP health care bill. Zinke tweeted a photo of the two enjoying the beers at his Washington home. (Office of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke via AP)

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In this July 3, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., en route to Washington from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations. “What’s the point?” he asked. But now the president is readying to join the annual August exodus from this town he calls “the swamp.” Trump is due to set out Aug. 4 on his first extended vacation from Washington since the inauguration — a 17-day getaway to his private golf club in central New Jersey. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this July 3, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., en route to Washington from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this photo taken April 21, 2017, President Donald Trump looks out an Oval Office window at the White House in Washington following an interview with The Associated Press. Health care is complicated. China can be a useful ally. NATO is not obsolete. Being president is hard. Over the course of his 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has been startlingly candid about his public education in the ways of Washington and the world. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, rights, arrives at a event where President Donald Trump was bestowing the Medal of Honor to retired Army medic James McCloughan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly appears at event where President Donald Trump was bestowing the Medal of Honor to retired Army medic James McCloughan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Robert Costa participates in the "Washington Week" panel during the PBS portion of the 2017 Summer TCA's at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, July 31, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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Robert Costa, left, and Jeff Bieber participate in the "Washington Week" panel during the PBS portion of the 2017 Summer TCA's at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, July 31, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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Robert Costa participates in the "Washington Week" panel during the PBS portion of the 2017 Summer TCA's at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, July 31, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly appears at event where President Donald Trump was to bestow the Medal of Honor to retired Army medic James McCloughan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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UAW Comes to a Mississippi Nissan Plant Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington

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In this July 18, 2017 photo, Tim Bento looks through one of his freezers stocked with roadkill deer in Lynden, Wash. Last July, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission changed state code to allow the salvage of elk and deer accidentally killed by vehicles. In the program’s first year of existence, people plucked nearly 1,600 deer and elk off Washington roadways, according to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) database of permits required for salvage. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP)

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In this July 18, 2017 photo, grilled deer steaks, meat sticks and Landjaeger from deer meat prepared by Tim Bento is displayed in Lynden, Wash. Last July, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission changed state code to allow the salvage of elk and deer accidentally killed by vehicles. In the program’s first year of existence, people plucked nearly 1,600 deer and elk off Washington roadways, according to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) database of permits required for salvage. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP)

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In this July 28, 2017, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Az., is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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FILE - In this July 18, 2017 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weary Republicans in Washington may be ready to move on, but conservatives across the country are warning that the GOP-led Congress cannot abandon its pledge to repeal “Obamacare” without triggering a political nightmare in next year’s midterm elections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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FILE - In this July 28, 2017 file photo, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska passes reporters as she leaves the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weary Republicans in Washington may be ready to move on, but conservatives across the country are warning that the GOP-led Congress cannot abandon its pledge to repeal “Obamacare” without triggering a political nightmare in next year’s midterm elections. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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FILE - In this July 25, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, with Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, right, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weary Republicans in Washington may be ready to move on, but conservatives across the country are warning that the GOP-led Congress cannot abandon its pledge to repeal “Obamacare” without triggering a political nightmare in next year’s midterm elections. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, second from right, accompanied by his attorney Abbe Lowell, left, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, to meet behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee on the investigation into possible collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Members of the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service search a back road at Wharton State Forest Friday, July 21, 2017, near Washington Township, N.J. About 50 firefighters from the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service and local fire departments were fighting the blaze Friday (Craig Matthews/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)