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Ashcroft, Don Evans Resign

Matt Welch | 11.9.2004 5:51 PM

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So reported CNN just now. UPDATE: Story here. As commenter Jennifer points out, Aschroft wrote in his five-page, handwritten resignation letter that, "The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved."

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