Ashcroft, Evans Resign From Bush Cabinet

Ashcroft, Evans Resign From Bush Cabinet By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites),
By John Amato — November 8, 2004

Ashcroft, Evans Resign From Bush Cabinet

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites), a favorite of conservatives, and Commerce Secretary Don Evans, one of President Bush (news - web sites)'s closest friends, resigned Tuesday, the first members of the Cabinet to leave as Bush heads from re-election into his second term. Both Ashcroft and Evans have served in Bush's Cabinet from the start of the administration. Ashcroft, in a five-page, handwritten letter to Bush, said, "The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved." "Yet I believe that the Department of Justice (news - web sites) would be well served by new leadership and fresh inspiration," said Ashcroft...

Let's see... how many people did he prosecute successfully in the war against terror? Zero. Yes we were well served by you.

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