Agriculture Secretary Resigns, Considers a Senate Run
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns resigned yesterday to return to Nebraska, where Republican officials expect him to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Chuck Hagel (R).
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The Senate's No. 3 Democrat said Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign because he is putting politics above the law. Sen. Charles Schumer cited the FBI's illegal snooping into people's private lives and the Justice Department's firing of federal prosecutors.
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Japan's farm minister resigned on Monday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet to try to revive his popularity.
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The nominee, Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., said he would resign if asked to put politics over science on an important issue.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will resign his Cabinet post to run for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska, a state Republican official said Wednesday.
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The Senate confirmed millionaire  businessman Ed Schafer as U.S. agriculture secretary on Monday  amid White House threats to veto a $286 billion farm policy  bill.
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Tommy Thompson said it&#39;s time for him and his family to &quot;move on to the next chapter.&quot;. The Health and Human Services secretary is resigning after four years he calls &quot;challenging but greatly rewarding.
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As he prepares to end his tenure as secretary of state, Colin Powell is ruling out a run for political office.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced his resignation Friday, warning as he left of dangers from a global flu outbreak and a possible terror attack on the nationâs food supply.
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Agriculture Secretary nominee Mike Johanns will draw sharp questions from Midwestern lawmakers about the U.S. decision to reopen its borders to Canadian beef despite a second case of mad cow disease in Alberta.
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Embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has resigned from his post, ending a controversial cabinet tenure that included clashes with Congress over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys and the scope of efforts to spy on U.S. citizens, according to an administration official,
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Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey abruptly stepped down Friday as the Bush administration struggled to cope with the fallout from a scandal over substandard conditions for war-wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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One of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's closest advisers said yesterday that he will  resign at the end of the year, depriving her a key sounding board at a time when she is still searching for a new deputy and faces difficult challenges in the Middle East.
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The Justice Department's third-in-command announced his resignation yesterday, becoming the sixth aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to leave amid the political uproar over the firings of nine U.S. attorneys last year.
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Robert Liscouski leaves the Department of Homeland Security as the agency nominates a second person for secretary.
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U.S. Army Secretary Francis Harvey has resigned after reports that troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan were being poorly treated at the Army's top hospital, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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By Chicago Tribune  Jun. 22--Former Agriculture Secretary John R. Block once said U.S.