Reid to step down at next poll
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Former home secretary John Reid has announced that he will quit Westminster at the next general election.
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Another day, another Cabinet resignation. The latest to announce his impending departure is Tommy Thompson, secretary of Health and Human Services.
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After months of struggling to emerge from the lower tier of Republican presidential candidates, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback is expected to drop his bid for the presidency Friday, according to several news outlets including the Associated Press and NBC.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The head of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party said Friday he would step down after a campaign mudslinging scandal.
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First Minister Ian Paisley will step down as moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church in January.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid will take a temporary leave of absence through the middle of March to deal with family issues, team officials announced Monday.
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New York Rep. Michael McNulty will soon announce he is retiring from Congress after 10 terms in office, fellow Democrats said.
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LAS VEGAS -- Saying the coming weeks will be "one of the last opportunities" to alter the course of the war, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he is now willing to compromise with Republicans to find ways to limit troop deployments in Iraq.
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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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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Andy Reid held Terrell Owens out of yesterday's 25-minute walkthrough practice at Alltel Stadium as a precautionary measure.
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WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats yesterday elected Harry Reid of Nevada as their new minority leader, and Reid prodded Republicans to join him in working across party lines over the next two 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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WASHINGTON -- Senate majority leader Harry Reid said yesterday that he had lost confidence in Gen eral Peter Pace and was happy to learn the four-star general will not remain chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reid also said he was concerned Gen eral David Petraeus might not be offering an honest assessment of the Iraq war.
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Government critic Alan Simpson is to stand down as a Labour MP at the next general election.
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White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said today that he plans to step down Sept. 14 and President Bush said he will "sadly accept" his chief spokesman's resignation.
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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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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.