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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R. Nicholas Burns, the countryâs third-ranking diplomat who has been Secretary of State Condoleezza Riceâs right-hand man, is retiring for personal reasons.
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William Safire, a former  speechwriter 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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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced today that Marine Gen. Peter W. Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will step down at the end of his two-year term in September, a decision Gates said he made to avoid possibly contentious re-nomination hearings before the...
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The top U.S. military officer, Gen. Peter Pace, will retire because any attempt to renominate him would have been a "divisive ordeal" focused on Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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Howard Baker, the former Senate majority leader, plans to step down as ambassador to Japan.
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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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The US Army's surgeon general retires in the wake of a scandal over the treatment of wounded veterans.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State   Robert Zoellick will leave his post on Monday, after mainly   focusing on China and Sudan in the No. 2 job at the department,   a U.S. official said.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United  Nations John Bolton announced on Monday he would soon give up  his job after being unable to satisfy Senate opponents  concerned he would pursue a unilateral U.S. foreign policy.
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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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FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer has praised the work of outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell. Mr Powell resigned today as the top United States diplomat but expects to stay on until his successor is in place.
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The Justice Department has informed former senator Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) that it has closed its investigation of his dealings with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and will not bring criminal charges.
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Harry J. Longwell, executive vice president at Exxon Mobil, will retire at the end of the year, the company said yesterday. Mr. Longwell, 63, is retiring after 41 years.
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The hard-line US ambassador to the UN said Monday that he will step down within weeks.
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Top US official Nicholas Burns is due in India for talks on a landmark nuclear agreement between the two countries.
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The country&#39;s top counter-terrorism detective, who led the probe into the 2005 suicide bombings in London and a number of other high-profile alleged security cases, is to retire, his force said Friday.