Bush administration resignations

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A list of senior officials to have resigned from the Bush administration.

1 2008
- 1.1 Lurita Alexis Doan
- 1.2 Alphonso Jackson
2 2007
3 2006
4 2005
5 2004
6 2003
7 2002
8 2001
- 8.1 John J. DiIulio Jr.

2008

Lurita Alexis Doan

Lurita Alexis Doan, head of the General Services Administration, resigned on May 1, 2008. At the time of her resignation, Doan was the subject of numerous investigations. In a letter of June, 2007, Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch urged President Bush to discipline Doan "to the fullest extent," which included removing her from office.[1]

Alphonso Jackson

Alphonso Jackson, Housing and Urban Development Secretary, announced his resignation on March 31, 2008, effective April 18, 2008. Jackson was the target of multiple ethics investigations.[2]

2007

Dan Bartlett, White House Counselor, resigned on June 1, 2007.

Monica Goodling, Justice Department White House liaison, resigned on April 6, 2007.

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, resigned on August 27, 2007.

Francis Harvey, Army Secretary, resigned on March 2, 2007.

Peter McNutly, Deputy Attorney General, resigned on May 14, 2007.

William Mercer, Acting Associate Attorney General, resigned on June 23, 2007.

Harriet Miers, White House Consul and former Supreme Court nominee, resigned on January 4, 2007.

Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, resigned on July 17, 2007.

Gen. Peter Pace, Joint Chiefs of Staffs Chairman, resigned on June 8, 2007.

Rob Portman, White House Budget Director, resigned on June 19, 2007.

Karl Rove, Senior Political Advisor and Deputy White House chief of staff, August 13, 2007

Sara Taylor, White House Political Director and microtargeting guru, May 27, 2007.

2006

John Bolton, Ambassador to the United Nations, resigned on December 4, 2006.

Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, November 8, 2006

2005

Lawrence Wilkerson, Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, left the State Department in January 2005.

2004

2003

Linda Fisher, second in command at the U.S. EPA, resigned from her post as deputy administrator on June 26, 2003, just one day before her boss, Christie Whitman, stepped down.

Christie Whitman, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned on June 27, 2003.

2002

2001

John J. DiIulio Jr.

John J. DiIulio Jr., was appointed as the first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives by President Bush in early 2001. He quit in August 2001.

In an interview with Esquire magazine, Mr. DiIulio said: "There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus. What you've got is everything, and I mean everything, being run by the political arm. It's the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis."[3]