Top U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns to retire
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Nicholas Burns, a leading American policymaker on Iran and India, has decided to retire as the No. 3 U.S. diplomat for personal reasons, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.
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The announcement came amid reports that Secretary of State Colin L. Powell told top aides today that he intends to step down.
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William Safire, a former  speech-writer for President Richard Nixon who became one of the  country's most-quoted conservatives, said on Monday he would  retire his New York Times political column in January after  almost 32 years of making the high and mighty wince.
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Tom Fiedler, the executive editor of The Miami Herald, will retire at the end of February.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday approved the request of Iqbal Riza, chief of his executive office, to retire after nearly 30 years of service to the United Nations.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell,  widely respected in a world often wary of America's superpower  diplomacy, resigned on Monday and national security adviser  Condoleezza Rice was set to replace him.
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In the latest of a string of departures of White House aides, U.S. budget director Rob Portman announced on Tuesday he is stepping down after just over a year on the job.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD - The top newsman at NBC says he wishes his CBS competitor well in his decision to step down. South Dakota native Tom Brokaw, who retires next week, said he is pleased for Dan Rather on his Tuesday announcement that he&#39;ll retire in March.
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Nicholas Burns, the U.S. pointman on Iran and India and the number three U.S. diplomat, is expected to step down for personal reasons in an announcement to be made on Friday, a U.S. official said.
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Paul Nitze, one of the last leading U.S. statesmen of the Cold War period, has died at the age of 97.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said goodbye to State Department employees on Wednesday and thanked them for the successes achieved during his four memorable years as America's chief diplomat.
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John Danforth, the US ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned after less than six months in the job, a senior US official said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - John Danforth, US ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned after five months on the job, saying he wanted to spend more time with his wife.
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Charles E. Williams, the controversial chief of the State Department's embassy-building program, announced his retirement yesterday, effective at the end of the month.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely viewed as the moderate in an administration dominated by hawks, announced yesterday he will step down as chief US diplomat once a successor is in place.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, who  enjoyed enormous respect around the world, has resigned but  will stay on until his replacement is named as Washington makes  a new push for Middle East peace, officials said on Monday.
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Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States is resigning after only 15 months on the job, possibly to take a more senior foreign policy post in the oil-rich kingdom.