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Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism

Point person on faith-based initiatives stole for his columns

By Erin Mendell,  Newser User

Posted Mar 1, 2008 2:21 PM CST
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(Newser) – A White House aide who helped establish President Bush’s faith-based community initiative resigned yesterday after admitting he plagiarized portions of columns he submitted to an Indiana newspaper, the Indianaopolis Star reports. The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne found that 20 columns by Tim Goeglein, who had served in the White House Office of Public Liaison since 2001, had portions lifted from other sources.    

The paper uncovered the plagiarism after a blogger noted similarities between one of the columns and an essay in the Dartmouth Review, a student publication. Goeglein, who played a key roll in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justices John Roberts, and Samuel Alito, apologized. "I pray you will forgive me," he wrote to the author of the Dartmouth Review essay.

Tim Goeglein in his office at the Executive Office Building in 2004. Photo by Carl T Powers of the New York Times.
Tim Goeglein in his office at the Executive Office Building in 2004. Photo by Carl T Powers of the New York Times.   (New York Times)
U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., reacts as he listens to a speaker at the opening celebration of the Centennial of the U.S. Courthouse in Providence, RI., Tuesday morning, Feb. 12, 2008. Tim Goeglein played a key role in Roberts' confirmation.(AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., reacts as he listens to a speaker at the opening celebration of the Centennial of the U.S. Courthouse in Providence, RI., Tuesday morning, Feb. 12, 2008. Tim...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito looks around as he prepares to speak to a gathering Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., about his Italian roots. Tim Goeglein played a key role in his confirmation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito looks around as he prepares to speak to a gathering Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., about his Italian roots. Tim Goeglein...   (Associated Press)
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