White House aide with ties to Abramoff resigns (better headline than

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the ealier one posted in LBN (same story)



http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/06/whitehouse.abramoff.ap/index.html

White House aide with ties to Abramoff resigns
POSTED: 8:38 p.m. EDT, October 6, 2006


WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key aide to presidential political strategist Karl Rove resigned Friday in the wake of a congressional report that listed hundreds of contacts between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House.

Susan Ralston, special assistant to President Bush, submitted a resignation letter to him less than five weeks before congressional elections in which corruption and scandal are emerging as key issues for voters.

"She did not want to be a distraction to the White House at such an important time and so we have accepted her resignation," White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said.

"We support her decision and consider the matter closed," Perino said.

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1. Was this the Friday news dump?

Rove, frantic, gets rid of his aide - hoping it will go quietly under the radar. I hope he's pooping bricks.