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Behind the Headlines: Jon Huntsman resigns as ambassador to return home for potential governor run

(Alexander Zemlianichenko) In this Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 photo, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. attends an opening ceremony of the stone of the memorial to members of the resistance at Nazis concentration camps during WWII, at the Jewish Museum and Center for Tolerance in Moscow, Russia. Huntsman announced his resignation as ambassador on Aug. 6, 2019.

Utah’s federal lawmakers respond to the latest mass shootings in America, including Rep. Chris Stewart voicing support of “red flag” laws. Jon Huntsman Jr. resigns as U.S. Ambassador to Russia, though there is no word on whether he will run for Utah governor. And the Salt Lake City mayoral primary enters the final stretch.

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