Trump picks ex-counsel to Reagan as U.S. envoy to Australia
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U.S. President Donald Trump has put forward a long-time Republican Party figure as his pick for ambassador to Australia, the White House said, hoping to fill a key diplomatic post that has been vacant for two years.