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WASHINGTON (AP) – The choice of President Donald Trump for the US Federal Reserve regrets the previous controversial articles he has written about women and urged critics to focus on his economic track record.
Stephen Moore said the articles were designed as columns of humor, but "some were not funny, so I apologize".
He calls the critics a "smear campaign" and tells ABC: "Let's do it about the economy".
Moore is a well-known conservative commentator for over two decades. He has been advising the Trump presidential campaign and helped design the 2017 tax cuts.
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US President Donald Trump shakes hands when he announces his presidential candidate for the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, at the Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump announces his candidacy for the Federal Reserve presidency, Jerome Powell (left), in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit, to read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump announces his candidacy for the Federal Reserve presidency, Jerome Powell (left), in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit, to read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
Jerome Powell listens when US President Donald Trump announces the appointment of Powell as President of the US Federal Reserve at Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB AFP / Getty Images)
Jerome Powell listens when US President Donald Trump announces the appointment of Powell as President of the US Federal Reserve at Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump announces appointment of Jerome Powell as US Federal Reserve Chair in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on November 2, 2017. REUTERS / Carlos Barria
US President Donald Trump announces his candidacy for the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump, left, and Jerome Powell, governor of the US Federal Reserve and Trump's presidential candidate for the Federal Reserve, travel Thursday to the announcement of an appointment to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, United States. November 2, 2017. If it was approved by the Senate, the former general manager and former Under Secretary of the Treasury Carlyle Group LP would succeed Janet Yellen. Photographer: Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Jerome Powell (D) speaks after being named President of the US Federal Reserve by US President Donald Trump (left) in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump announces his candidacy for the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump (left) announces the end of the ceremony after the announcement of Jerome Powell (right) as a presidential candidate for the Federal Reserve at the House Rose Garden -Blanche in Washington, November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (photo credit should match SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
Jerome Powell (D) speaks after being named President of the US Federal Reserve by US President Donald Trump (left) in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump accompanies Jerome Powell, his presidential candidate for the Federal Reserve, at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should correspond to NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump accompanies Jerome Powell, his presidential candidate for the Federal Reserve, at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should correspond to NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump accompanies Jerome Powell, his presidential candidate for the Federal Reserve, at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should correspond to NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images)
Jerome Powell (right) leaves US President Donald Trump after being named president of the US Federal Reserve at Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with his Federal Reserve presidential candidate Jerome Powell (R) at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on November 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Credit photo should read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Jerome Powell, his presidential candidate for the US Federal Reserve at the White House in Washington on November 2, 2017. REUTERS / Carlos Barria
US President Donald Trump announces appointment of Jerome Powell as US Federal Reserve Chair in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on November 2, 2017. REUTERS / Carlos Barria
US President Donald Trump arrives at the Rose Garden to announce the appointment of Jerome Powell as US Federal Reserve Chairman at the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017. REUTERS / Carlos Barria
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He says he's sticking to his economic stance, but adds that if his appointment becomes too heavy a burden for GOP senators, "I'll pull out."
Herman Cain, Trump's other choice within the Fed, has withdrawn from previous allegations of sexual harassment and infidelity.
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