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Friday, November 12, 2004
GREAT NEWS: Paige out at Education Dept.
Education Secretary Rod Paige intends to leave his Cabinet position, a Bush administration official told The Associated Press Friday.Link.
"The secretary has been looking at leaving, and he's been in discussion with the White House about the right time to do so," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Paige has had rocky moments, with none more glaring than when he called the National Education Association a "terrorist organization" in a private meeting with governors.
He apologized but maintained that the NEA, the nation's largest teachers union, uses "obstructionist scare tactics" in opposing the law. The union called for his resignation.
Paige was as inffectual an individual as has ever served this great country, so it's great to hear that he's on his way out. The only troubling part of this news is that Bush will inevitably choose someone even more feckless than the current Education Secretary.
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