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Separate loop and plugin control
**What this PR does / why we need it**: Separate loop and plugin control in the kube-controller-manager.
Adding an "--external-plugin" flag to specify a plugin to load when
cloud-provider is set to "external". Flag has no effect currently
when the cloud-provider is not set to external. The expectation is
that the cloud provider and external plugin flags would go away once
all cloud providers are on stage 2 cloud-controller-manager solutions.
**Which issue this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close that issue when PR gets merged)*: fixes#52369
**Special notes for your reviewer**:
**Release note**:
```release-note Added --external-plugin flag to kube-controller-manager to determine plugin when --cloud-provider is set to external.
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