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John Hurley, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, stopped in the U.A.E. and Turkey before visiting Lebanon earlier this month to discuss combating Iranian money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

The idea of Gronkowski re-retiring with the Patriots was floated publicly in August by Susan Hurley, the founder and president of the CharityTeams fundraising firm for nonprofits.

Kraft and Gronkowski both indicated their approval in the moment, with Gronkowski telling reporters that Hurley was the spark behind the idea of his ceremonial signing.

“The reason we’re really going to do that is because of Susan Hurley,” Gronkowski said.

Hurley died Nov. 1 at age 62 after a long battle with ovarian cancer.