Bush reshuffle under way as Ashcroft quits
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John Ashcroft, the US attorney general and the embodiment of the Christian right in the Bush administration, announced his resignation last night, marking the start of a second-term reshuffle.
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Departure of Ashcroft, new leadership at Justice a good omen, but war ruling clouds nominee&#39;s chances. President George W. Bush did the right thing in making it clear to Attorney General John Ashcroft that his resignation would be accepted if tendered.
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The departure Tuesday of Stephen Friedman, who left Wall Street to assume one of the top economic posts in the White House as director of the National Economic Council, will open a key economic policy position just as President Bush begins his ambitious push to overhaul Social Security and the tax code.
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White House press secretary Tony Snow announced his resignation yesterday, the latest in a series of departures that have reshaped the upper echelons of the administration with the addition of more low-profile replacements well versed in the ways of Washington.
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President Bush planned on Wednesday  to nominate White House legal counsel Alberto Gonzales as his  new attorney general as part of a reshuffle of Bush's Cabinet  for his second term, administration officials said.
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WASHINGTON - The president has another vacancy to fill in his cabinet. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is stepping down. Tom Ridge says it was a difficult decision, but he says -- for now -- he wants
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The US president is to name a replacement for outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, reports say.
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George W. Bush announced that he will nominate Alberto Gonzales, current White House counsel and a trusted advisor from his days in Texas, to replace John Ashcroft as the nation&#39;s top law enforcement official.
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MARK COLVIN: Some time in the next couple of days, United States President George W. Bush is expected to anoint a successor to the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, who has announced his resignation.
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President Bush&#39;s nomination of Alberto Gonzales to replace resigning John Ashcroft as attorney general appears to be an effort to replace one of the administration&#39;s most controversial figures with a more moderate leader.
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President Bush's top economic adviser is leaving his post to return to academia, the White House announced Wednesday.
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With red hot John Ashcroft resigning as Attorney General, President Bush decided to nominate a close confidante and friend, Alberto Gonzales.
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With Monday's announcement of four Cabinet resignations, at least six Cabinet members are leaving the Bush administration.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft has resigned. Commerce Secretary Don Evans has resigned as well, just one week after President Bush was re-elected to a second term.
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The Cabinet meets on Thursday after a reshuffle of Tony Blair's top team which sees Alan Milburn returning.
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What&#39;s the most important thing about White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, who President Bush nominated yesterday to replace Attorney General John D. Ashcroft?
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President George Bush announced Wednesday his nomination of current White House Legal Counsel Alberto Gonzales to replace Attorney General John Ashcroft, who submitted his resignation on Tuesday.