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August 13, 2007

Rove to Resign as White House Political Advisor
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=189843F:A6F02AD83191E160C3CD29CC398963249574F7DCC14957C0 Rove, who headed
Mr. Bush's political campaigns in 2000 and 2004, told 'The Wall Street
Journal' - 'I just think it's time' 





White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove waves upon his return to
the White House in Washington, 24 July 2007

President Bush's longtime political advisor, Karl Rove, said in an
interview published Monday, that he will resign at the end of the
month.

Rove, who headed Mr. Bush's political campaigns in 2000 and 2004, told
The Wall Street Journal - "I just think it's time." He said he is
resigning, in his words, "for the sake of my family."

Rove said he decided to leave after White House Chief of Staff Joshua
Bolten told senior aides that if they stayed past the Labor Day
holiday - September 3 - they would be obliged to remain through the
end of the president's term in January of 2009.

The White House aide had been under scrutiny for months during a
criminal investigation of a CIA leak. Retired U.S. diplomat Joseph
Wilson claimed Rove illegally leaked the identity of his wife, Valerie
Plame, a CIA operative. Rove has never been charged with wrongdoing.

Last month, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas for
Rove as part of an investigation into the firings of several federal
prosecutors last year.

Rove has closely advised the president since Mr. Bush first announced
he was running for governor of Texas in 1993. Rove served as chief
strategist in Mr. Bush's presidential campaign in 2000.



Some information for this report was provided by AFP.


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