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Education Secretary Arne Duncan will step down in December, an administration official said Friday, October 2.
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan will step down in December, an administration official said Friday, October 2.
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Katherine Archuleta, director of the Office of Personnel Management, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/10/politics/opm-director-resigns-katherine-archuleta/index.html" target="_blank">resigned</a> July 10, a day after revealing a data breach of government computers was vastly larger than originally thought.
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Katherine Archuleta, director of the Office of Personnel Management, resigned July 10, a day after revealing a data breach of government computers was vastly larger than originally thought.
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Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, announced February 5 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/05/politics/fda-commissioner-resigns/index.html">in an email to staff that she was stepping down</a> after six years as commissioner.
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Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, announced February 5 in an email to staff that she was stepping down after six years as commissioner.
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Jennifer Palmieri, Obama's communications director, left in spring 2015. She now serves as the director of communications for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
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Jennifer Palmieri, Obama's communications director, left in spring 2015. She now serves as the director of communications for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
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Dan Pfeiffer, one of Obama's chief strategists and closest advisers, departed from the White House in early March, officials confirmed.
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Dan Pfeiffer, one of Obama's chief strategists and closest advisers, departed from the White House in early March, officials confirmed.
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Marilyn Tavenner, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' top administrator who was involved in the roll-out of Obamacare, announced in an email to staff <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/16/politics/marilyn-tavenner-resigns/index.html">that she was resigning </a>at the end of February 2015.
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Marilyn Tavenner, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' top administrator who was involved in the roll-out of Obamacare, announced in an email to staff that she was resigning at the end of February 2015.
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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned in October 2014 after multiple security breaches involving the President. The firestorm began after an intruder scaled the fence and entered the White House on September 19, 2014.
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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned in October 2014 after multiple security breaches involving the President. The firestorm began after an intruder scaled the fence and entered the White House on September 19, 2014.
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Gen. David Petraeus stepped down as director of the CIA on November 9, 2012, after an FBI investigation confirmed he was having an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. He served the position for a little over a year.
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Gen. David Petraeus stepped down as director of the CIA on November 9, 2012, after an FBI investigation confirmed he was having an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. He served the position for a little over a year.
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