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Powell joins Ashcroft on way out

Colin Powell

Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely respected in a world often wary of America's superpower diplomacy, resigned Nov. 15 and administration officials said National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice was to replace him.

Powell, viewed as a moderate in the right-wing Republican administration, is the top official to quit since President George W. Bush's re-election. In a typical transition for a new presidential term, the White House announced Nov. 15 the resignations of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and Education Secretary Rod Paige.

On Nov. 9, John Ashcroft, the combative attorney general whose anti-terrorism policies made him the focus of a fierce national debate over civil liberties, resigned along with Commerce Secretary Don Evans, one of Bush's closest friends.

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