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Assistant Army Secretary Sara E. Lister, a Washington lawyer who successfully pressed the military to open more jobs to women, abruptly resigned yesterday, attempting to quell a furor she created by branding the Marines "extremists."

Robert Rubin.

WASHINGTON – The head of the tiny but influential Office of Air and Space Commercialization at the U.S. Commerce Department has resigned, sources told space.com Friday and the Commerce Department confirmed.

Published: Apr 22, 2002

WASHINGTON (AP) - An embattled ombudsman at the Environmental Protection Agency submitted his resignation Monday, complaining the agency was transferring him into a job where he would "merely answer a telephone" and have no power Robert Martin, who for nearly a decade has held the $118,000-a-year job as ombudsman for EPA's hazardous waste office, has been embroiled in lengthy feud with senior EPA officials going back to the Clinton administration.


Dr. John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, resigned March 15 from his White House post and as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Gibbons made the announcement February 13.

President Clinton accepted Gibbons’ resignation with regret in a speech to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. President Clinton expressed his gratitude for Gibbons’ years of valuable service to the Nation and for his leadership in ensuring that America remains at the forefront of scientific capability.


951 posted on 06/03/2004 12:03:10 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

Robert Reich resigned after Clinton's first term also.

What does that make now? 11 or 12?


954 posted on 06/03/2004 12:10:57 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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