Powell, Armitage leave Bush cabinet
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WASHINGTON: President Bush on Tuesday nominated a trusted confidant, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state in his second term.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has accepted the resignations of Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Tuesday.
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Throughout President Bush&#39;s first term, only one Cabinet member - Treasury Secretary Paul O&#39;Neill - resigned. After such a prolonged period of stability, it&#39;s not surprising that the weeks following Bush&#39;s
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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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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 Ashcroft and Don Evans are the first members of President Bush's cabinet to leave as he heads into his second term.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld &#151; scarred by postwar violence and prison scandal in Iraq &#151; accepted President Bush's request that he remain for the second-term Cabinet. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson resigned Friday, warning as he left of a possible terror attack on the nation's food supply.
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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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The Bush administration's point   person for the giant Medicare and Medicaid health programs, Dr.   Mark McClellan, is stepping down, the White House said on   Tuesday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell, known as the odd man out in the Bush cabinet, has resigned, US TV networks have reported. The former general, who headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the first Gulf
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, one of the Bush administration's most respected members abroad, announced his resignation after four years of often-losing policy battles with his hawkish colleagues over Iraq and other issues.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned and the White House is expected to make the announcement on Monday, US officials said.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely viewed as the moderate in an administration dominated by hawks, announced Monday he will step down as America's chief diplomat once a successor is in place.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has submitted his resignation to President Bush, a senior administration official told CNN. Powell told his senior staff that he planned to stay on until
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The Bush administration's point   person for the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, Mark   McClellan, is stepping down, the White House said on Tuesday.
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US Attorney General John Ashcroft, who had been under constant fire from pro-immigrant groups for his &quot;tough tactics&quot; since 9/11, and Commerce Secretary Don Evans, said to be very close to President George W Bush, resigned on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - In one of the largest one-day Cabinet shake-ups in US history, the White House announced yesterday that Secretary of State Colin Powell will not serve in the second Bush term, nor will Education Secretary Rod Paige, Energy Secretary Spencer