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Bush Says Goodbye to Karen Hughes

President Bush made an impromptu appearance at the State Department to bid farewell to one of his closest advisers, Karen Hughes, who left a top diplomatic position on Wednesday to return to Texas and private life.

Longtime Bush Adviser Leaving State

Karen Hughes, who led efforts to improve the U.S. image abroad and was one of President Bush's last remaining advisers from the close circle of Texas aides, will leave the government at the end of the year.

Longtime Bush Adviser Hughes Steps Down

Karen Hughes, who led efforts to improve the U.S. image abroad and was one of President Bush's last remaining advisers from the close circle of Texas aides, will leave the government at the end of the year, she told The Associated Press.

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Another one bites the dust: Karen Hughes throws in the towel
Source: Slate

Heck of a Job, Hughsie Karen Hughes throws in the towel And so Karen Hughes is leaving her post as "public diplomat" in much the same way she assumed it, with an air of farce and mystery.

And Then There Was One — Of The Texas Loyalists Bush Brought To Washington, Only One Remains In Office
Source: The Seminal

Today, one of the remaining two Bush loyalists, Karen Hughes, resigned. And so, our chart of fallen Bushies gets one more red RESIGNED mark, leaving only Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, still in office:

Bush confidant quits administration
Source: The L.A. Times

WASHINGTON -- Karen Hughes, a presidential confidant entrusted with the arduous job of reversing America's plummeting image abroad, announced Wednesday that she would resign from the administration and return to Texas.

Karen Hughes, Loyal Bush Adviser, Leaving State Dept
Source: The New York Times

Karen P. Hughes, one of the few remaining members of President Bush's circle of longtime Texas advisers, said today that she will return to private life, stepping down as the head of public diplomacy at the State Department sometime in December.

Bush's herd of loyal Texas advisers continues to thin
Source: mcclatchydc.com

They were fiercely loyal, unfailingly disciplined and, as a unit, offered the president a comforting touchstone from his home state.

The Post-Rove White House
Source: TIME

At his emotional goodbye with George W. Bush on the South lawn of the White House Monday, Karl Rove painted a portrait of a presidency made of strong vision and epochal goals.

When It Comes to The Battle of Ideas, The U.S. Has No General
Source:

National security is jeopordized by the failure of Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes to lead America's public diplomacy initiatives. In her absence, and that of State overall, the Pentagon is forming it's own public diplomacy office.

UPI: Improved Mideast war room?
Source: United Press International

The administration shows (again) a basic misunderstanding of how the world works.Whether or not one believes the Arab media distorts U.S.

Op-Ed: America's Fading Glow
Source: tompaine.com

"Power," Harvard Professor Joseph Nye, Jr. tells us "is the ability to alter the behavior of others to get what you want.

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