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<p>WASHINGTON — Charlotte Beers, the Bush administration's point person for improving the U.S. image in the Muslim world, is resigning because of health reasons, a State Department official said Monday.</p> <p>The official, asking not be identified, said Beers' resignation will become effective in about two weeks.</p>

The State Department's answer to Osama bin Laden is to "redefine America." SHORTLY AFTER her confirmation as the State Department's top communications whiz last October, Charlotte Beers said she hoped to create among the world's one billion Muslims an "understanding that they don't need to kill us to get our attention." To accomplish that patronizing goal, Beers and her State Department colleagues have undertaken a "public diplomacy" campaign in the Muslim world. The effort will naturally require unceasing "dialogue" and involve lots of "listening." There will be pamphlets, CD-ROMs, public service announcements, a State Department magazine for young Muslim males....

WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Monday that Charlotte Beers, who was hired by his department to improve the United States' image in the Muslim world, is resigning. Her resignation will become effective in about two weeks, officials at the State Department told United Press International. Although Beers has come in for some harsh criticism from commentators and indicated at a Senate briefing last week that she found her job very daunting, Powell said she was leaving for health reasons. "Charlotte Beers, a key and vital member of my team, is leaving us shortly...