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John Kelly: Despite 'Times Of Great Frustration,' No Regrets Taking White House Job

In an interview with NPR, Kelly also praised the president's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and said Trump's eyes are "wide open" on North Korea.
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in his office in the West Wing.

President Trump's chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly, said that he's never seriously considered leaving his job and indicated that he's in lock-step with the president on many issues. Kelly says they have "a close relationship" and spend up to eight hours a day together.

"My view is to speak truth to power. I always give my opinion on everything. He always listens," he said. "Sometimes he takes the opinion, sometimes he doesn't."

Kelly's remarks came in a wide-ranging interview with NPR's John Burnett airing on . Kelly also backed the president's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and said

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