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...taken aback...When the governor takes that kind of a step, it's a serious thing. It was clear to me she gave it a lot of thought." - On Palin's decision to resign. (Associated Press, July...
...said he supports drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. Following Palin's announcement that she would resign, declared that his top priority would be securing a national gas pipeline expected to boost Alaska's economy...
...Chaudhry had burnished his reputation by striking down the planned privatization of a steel mill and hearing petitions raised by the relatives of Pakistanis that human rights groups allege are being held in secret custody as terror suspects. When Chaudhry refused to yield to Musharraf's demand that he resign, the country's lawyers took to the streets in his support...
...SARAH PALIN, on risking her political future by announcing on July 3 that she would resign as governor of Alaska at the end of the month...
...Dillingham, Palin traces her decision to resign directly to Aug. 29, 2008, the day she was announced as McCain's running mate, the day "the distractions," as she calls them, "ramped up." They ranged from the bizarre - a blogger's campaign to prove that Palin faked her last pregnancy (she didn't) - to the humiliating. The National Enquirer sent four reporters to Alaska, hoovering up gossip about drug use by her older children and long-ago marital infidelity. Despite rave reviews for her Republican National Convention speech, Palin soon became the target of late-night comics and snarky columnists...