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<p>One of Chuck Rosenberg's first actions as acting head of the DEA was to reinstate their twice a year take-back initiative. He has remained a consistent supporter of take-back and his leadership will be sorely missed. </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/us/politics/chuck-rosenberg-dea-resigns.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/us/politics/chuck-rosenberg-dea-resigns.html</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/26/1701890/-Head-of-the-DEA-to-resign-does-not-believe-Donald-Trump-respects-the-laws-of-the-land?detail=emaildkre"> </p>
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<font color="#000000">The president<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></a><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; COLOR: rgb(50,104,145)" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html?_r=0"><font color="#000000">fired
Mr. Comey in May</font></a><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/26/1701890/-Head-of-the-DEA-to-resign-does-not-believe-Donald-Trump-respects-the-laws-of-the-land?detail=emaildkre"><font color="#000000">, and then in July told law enforcement officers<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></a><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; COLOR: rgb(50,104,145)" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/us/politics/trump-immigration-gang-violence-long-island.html?mcubz=1"><font color="#000000">“please
don’t be too nice”</font></a><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/26/1701890/-Head-of-the-DEA-to-resign-does-not-believe-Donald-Trump-respects-the-laws-of-the-land?detail=emaildkre"><font color="#000000"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>when
handling crime suspects.</font></p>
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Mr. Rosenberg forcefully rejected Mr. Trump’s comment, sending an email to all D.E.A. employees at the time to tell them that they should not mistreat suspects.</p>
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“We must earn and keep the public trust and continue to hold ourselves to the very highest standards,” Mr. Rosenberg wrote in the internal email. “Ours is an honorable profession and, so, we will always act honorably.”</p>
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