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-collin powell resigns as secratary of atate
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President Bush nominated EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt to replace Tommy Thompson as Health and Human Services secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Leavitt would find plenty to do including implementing a prescription drug benefit for senior citizens.
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-Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns would replace Ann Veneman if confirmed by Senate
-Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns was raised on a dairy farm and was the first Republican governor in Nebraska to win re-election in more than four decades. |
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-Carlos Gutierrez would replace Don Evans if confirmed by Senate
-Cuban-born Carlos Gutierrez, 51, has been chief executive officer of Kellogg Co. since 1999. He started at the company selling cereal out of a van in Mexico City. |
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-Margaret Spellings would replace Rod Paige if confirmed by Senate
Margaret Spellings She was a key figure in drafting the "No Child Left Behind" education initiative. -Rod Paige, appointed January 2001 Resignation announced November 15 Rod Paige was superintendent of public schools in Houston, Texas, from 1994 to 2000. |
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-Spencer Abraham, January 2001 to presentResignation announced November 15
-Before he was appointed energy secretary, Spencer Abraham was a U.S. senator from Michigan for and a top aide to Vice President Dan Quayle. |
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-Michael Leavitt would replace Tommy Thompson if confirmed by Senate
-Tommy Thompson, appointed January 2001 Resignation announced December 3 Before becoming health and human services secretary, Tommy Thompson was governor of Wisconsin, where he overhauled the state's welfare system with the Wisconsin Works program. |
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-Tom Ridge, appointed October 2001
Resignation announced November 30 the first secretary of homeland securit -Bernard Kerik Nominated December 3; withdrew from consideration December 10 Former New York City police withdrew his name from consideration. |
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-Tom Ridge
-Resignation announced November 30 -the first secretary of homeland security -Bernard Kerik Nominated December 3; |
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-Alberto Gonzales
-would replace John Ashcroft if confirmed by Senate -He is a former Texas Supreme Court justice and Texas secretary of state. -John Ashcroft, appointed January 2001 Resignation announced November 9 -Ashcroft has been a key defender of the USA Patriot Act |
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-Condoleezza Rice Nominated November 16, 2004
-She was an adviser on Soviet affairs to President George H.W. Bush. -Colin Powell, appointed January 2001 Resignation announced November 15 -Colin Powell served in the U.S. Army for 35 years |
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-Norman Mineta was commerce secretary in the Clinton administration
-Before taking that post, he was a congressman from California for 21 years |
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-Ambassador Jim Nicholson
Nominated December 9; would replace Anthony Principi -Jim Nicholson has served as U.S. ambassador to the Holy |
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Veteran affairs
-Anthony Principi, appointed January 2001 -Resignation announced December 8 -Anthony Principi was deputy secretary of veterans affairs in President George H.W. Bush's administration. -He later was named acting secretary. |
