Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Weld aides--who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity--said Weld will likely resign from the governorship as soon as his name is submitted to the Senate for confirmation...
...President was understandably silent about all this, but his surrogates treated the news like a hanging curve ball. "A salacious witch-hunt," cried former White House counsels Abner Mikva and Jack Quinn, demanding that Starr either abandon this avenue of inquiry or resign. Pumped with rage and delight, adviser James Carville recited a litany of Whitewater inquiries: "The RTC report, the FDIC report, the Gonzales hearings, the Leach hearings, the D'Amato hearings, the Fiske special prosecutorship, the Starr special prosecutorship--and you know where we are? Into some troopers trying to talk to some women. [The investigation...
...command of all Army medical operations in the Southeast region two weeks ago because of an apparent "improper relationship" with a civilian nurse who was caring for his ill wife. And last week Sergeant Major of the Army Gene McKinney, the top enlisted soldier in the Army, offered to resign to avoid facing prosecution for sexually harassing female colleagues. What looked like equal time to some feminists was regarded as a witch-hunt by old-timers...
After French voters rounded so fiercely on their government in the first stage of the election, Juppe had to promise to resign in hopes of staving off a Socialist takeover of the National Assembly. So perhaps the trans-Europe lesson of the French elections is that austerity measures are too hot to hold on to and that entry into the monetary union will be judged by other standards. In a final bid for votes last week, Juppe said when it comes time next spring to pick the members of the euro club, "the decision will be a political one." Translation...
WASHINGTON: The resignation of Maj. Gen. John Longhouser, the commander of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds who admitted to having an adulterous affair with a civilian, has raised the question of whether the military has gone too far in its zealous attempt to root out infidelity in its ranks. Longhouser, whose decision to step down came after the Pentagon received an anonymous tip regarding a past liaison, is the second high-ranking military officer to fall in the last week under scrutiny over allegations of questionable behavior. Defense Secretary William Cohen was put on the spot today to shed light...