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Name
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Position
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Reason Left Office
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Date Left Office
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Joseph H. Rothenberg
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Associate Administrator For Space Flight
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Retire
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12-15-2001
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Eric V. Schaeffer
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Director Office of Regulatory Enforcement for US EPA
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Resigned
Stepped down because of U.S. environmental policy
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02-28-2002
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Robert Martin
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EPA's independent ombudsman
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Resigned
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04-22-2002
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Karen Hughes
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Presidential top aide and advisor
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Resigned
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04-23-2002
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Kenneth A. Steadman |
Principal deputy in the
Army's Office of Legislative Affairs |
Resigned after an
investigation by the Army’s inspector general showed he produced
inflammatory and misleading “talking points” on Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s decision to cancel the Crusader
howitzer program. |
05-10-2002 |
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Mary Ryan
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36 years in the Foreign Service
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Retire
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07-10-2002
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Harvey Pitt
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Chairman Securities and Exchange Commission
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Resigned
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11-05-2002
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Neal A. McCaleb
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Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Department
Of The Interior
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Resigned
Quoted as blaming a "contentious and
litigious environment," for his decision
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11-25-2002
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Paul O'Neill
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Treasury Secretary
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Resigned
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12-06-2002
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Larry Lindsey
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Economic Adviser
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Resigned
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12-06-2002
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George Mitchell
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Vice Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
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Resigned
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12-11-2002
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Henry Kissinger
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Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
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Resigned
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12-13-2002
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Richard Clarke |
President’s top cyber
security adviser and chair of the Critical Infrastructure
Protection Board |
Resigned
"When we sacrifice our civil liberties and privacy rights,
the terrorists win because they have gotten us to change the
nature of our country. I have never seen one reason to infringe on
privacy or civil liberties." |
01-24-2003 |
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John Brady Kiesling
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Political Counselor At The U.S. Embassy In Athens,
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Resigned
Stepped down because of U.S. policy on Iraq.
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03-07-2003
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John Brown
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A Former Cultural Attaché At The U.S. Embassy In Moscow
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Resigned
Stepped down because of U.S. policy on Iraq
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03-10-2003
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Rand Beers
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National Security Council's senior director for combating terrorism
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Resigned
Though Beers said that he resigned for personal reasons, close associates felt he was protesting against White House's increased concentration on Iraq at the expense of the overall counter-terrorism effort
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03-23-2003
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Richard Perle
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Chairman of the Defense Policy Board
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Resigned
Department of Defense and the administration, might be burdened by controversy
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03-27-2003
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Mary A. Wright
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Deputy Chief Of Mission At The U.S. Embassy In Ulan Bator, Mongolia,
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Resigned
Cited U.S. policy toward Iraq, North Korea and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as reasons for her decision to step down
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03-27-2003.
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Martin Sullivan
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Chair of the President's Advisory Committee on
Cultural Property for eight years
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Resigned
because the U.S. military had had advance warning of the danger to Iraq's
historical treasures.
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04-11-2003
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Gary Vikan
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Panel member of the President's Advisory
Committee on Cultural Property
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Resigned
because the U.S. military had had advance warning of the danger to Iraq's
historical treasures.
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04-11-2003
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Thomas White
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Army Secretary, civilian chief of the
military's largest service.
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Fired/Resigned
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
fired him. Mr. Rumsfeld had asked him to resign.
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04-27-2003
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Howard Schmidt
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Chair of the President's Critical
Infrastructure Protection Board in February 2003 following the departure
of his predecessor, Richard Clarke.
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Resigned
Raising concerns about the Bush administration's commitment to
implementing its strategy for protecting the nation's critical information
infrastructure.
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To leave at end of April
04-30-2003
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Christie Whitman
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Environmental Protection Agency Chief
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Resigned. Mrs. Whitman's announced reason for
leaving is her desire to return to her home life in New Jersey
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June 2003
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Rosario Marin
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U.S. Treasure
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Resigned. "After long and thoughtful
consideration, my family and I have decided to go back home to
California," Marin said in her resignation letter to Treasury
Secretary John Snow
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June 30 2003
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Mitch Daniels
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White House budget director
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Resigned. Stepping down to pursue a possible
run for governor of Indiana.
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June 2003
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Victoria "Torie" Clarke
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Pentagon Defense Department spokeswoman
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Resigned for personal reasons.
"I loved this job," Clarke said in an interview. "It's a
fascinating time, and I've been lucky to be here. I am going to take care
of some things on the home front and then think of what is next."
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June 20 2003
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Ari Fleischer
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Presidential press secretary
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Resigned. He plans to work in the private
sector and wants "a quieter life."
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July 2003
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Justice Major Harding
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Supreme Court since 1991.
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Will Retire in 2003
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08-31-2003
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William H. Rehnquist.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice
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A leg injury and a Republican majority in the Senate have combined to further speculation
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Still to come
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