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Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA after numerous investigations

A growing cloud of scandal cost the head of the Environmental Protection Agency his job. Scott Pruitt, the target of more than a dozen government investigations into his ethics and spending, was forced out on Thursday. He will be replaced, at least temporarily, by his deputy, a former lobbyist for the coal industry. CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports.
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