New House Speaker Moves Quickly to Clear the Air Left by His Predecessor

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Jennifer Steinhauer, New House Speaker Moves Quickly to Clear the Air Left by His Predecessor; Likening a new office to a rental car used by a smoker. New York Times, Nov 3, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/0 ... rs-smoky-suite.html
(The office "is of perhaps even greater interest to Mr [Paul] Ryan because he sleeps in his office" -- he did not rent an apartment while at Washington, DC)  

My comment:
(a) Read the first three paragraphs only.
(b) clear the air: “to remove elements of hostility, tension, confusion, or uncertainty <had a long meeting to clear the air>”
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clear