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Top Bush Aide to Step Down

Bartlett bows out after 14 years

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 1, 2007 11:03 AM CDT

(Newser) – Another Bush administration official is stepping down, and this time the resignation shrinks the president's inner circle: Top aide Dan Bartlett will leave on July 4 after 14 years working for Bush. The defection is the latest in a trickle that's rapidly becoming a flood.... Read full story »

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