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A THE TRIBUNE, SCRANTON, PA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2004 f1 Nation a McGreevey no longer N.J. governor CESTONE ORGANIZING SOLUTIONS tastgnc Organizing Solutions coming soon Secretary of State Regina Thomas. It says, Dear Madam Secretary, I resign effective 11:59 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2004. Mr.

McGreevey planned to spend part of the day at the governors mansion completing any unfinished business, said Sean Darcy, a spokesman for the governor. Mr. McGreevey also planned to spend time with his family, On Sunday, state Senate President Richard Codey took the oath of office as acting governor in a private cere mony at his home. He was to take over once Mr. McGreevey officially left the job at midnight.

"Im looking forward to governing and bringing back calm, peace and a sense of harmony to the state of New Jersey, Mr. Codey, 57, said. The transfer of power caps a transition period that began with Mr. McGreevey announcement in August that he is gay and would resign this month with 14 months left in his term. On Friday, a pair of moving trucks carted the governors belongings away from the Statehouse, Mr.

McGreevey is reportedly moving to an, apartment' in Rahway while his wife moves to a home in Springfield, where she plans to live with the couples 2-year-old daughter. Because New Jersey is one of eight states without the position of lieutenant governor, Mr. Codey will wield the clout of both govemoc and Senate leader for a time, filling the governors term that ends in January 2006. A tyWWt i 1 I PaidrAHDGpT UIC RtAT UAII 1 ML i WE BEAT MAIL intHxki. 2PonoDWaMoalemei(Sifm 07.CV43) CompkttlyeUm, EXAMA I faring: follm-up, tartM, ffiff munQietuon term witti the punhav of any frame The resignation letter was effective at 11:59 p.m.

Monday. By Jeff Llnkous ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TRENTON, N.J. Gov. James E. McGreevey submitted his letter of resignation on Monday, ending a tenure doomed by a shocking summertime disclosure he had engaged in a gay, extramarital affair.

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Moreover, in elevating Ms. Rice, Mr. Bush is signaling that he is comfortable with the direction of the past four years and sees little need to dramatically shift course. Mr. Powell has had conversations for six months with Mr.

Bush about the need for a new team in foreign policy, a senior State Department official said. But in the end only the key official who did not mesh well with the others Mr. Powell is leaving. My impression is that the president broadly believes his direction is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, said. Ms.

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The departure of Mr. Powell, and his deputy Richard Armitage, could trigger a wholesale reshuffling of top State Department officials. Condi knows what the president wants to accomplish and agrees with it, said Gary Schmidt, director of the Project for the New American Century, a think tank that frequently reflects the views of hard-liners in the administration. One of Powells weaknesses is that even when he signed on to the presidents policy, he was not effective in managing the building to low the policy as well. 1 Of course, senior officials often become advocates of the bureaucracies they head.

For decades, there has been an institutional split between the State and Defense Departments though many say the battles in Mr. Bushs first term were especially intense and so ultimately Ms. Rice may find herself in conflict with her Cabinet colleagues over file best diplomatic approach. Danielle Pletka, vice president of the American Enterprise Institute, said she is dubious the battles will completely end, even if the top officials are less divided on ideology. This has nothing tc do with Colin Powell or Don Rumsfeld or Condi Rice, she said.

This is a time of real turmoil, a crossroads in history, and figuring out how to Over 250 C'Stores wGas Businesses Only Bid Individually PA, NY, DE MD How-to-Buy Seminars 1115 Pittsburgh, PA 1117 Wilkes-Barre, 1116 Horristurg, PA llIB Northern NJ 1 118 JFK Airport, Nt BID DEADLINE DECEMBER 3 800.747.3342, 4i3 www.nrc.comuni-iiiort NRCRoalty Advisors, UC In reoperonon with Joseph loch, a PA broket Worms Auction Reeky Service, oH Re broker Wj Ftogerokj Compony oMDk broker and Valuable Properties NY broker rock boat deal with these things is not a smooth plot where everything unrolls easily from beginning to end." World impact For the rest of the world," Mr. Powell was considered a sympathetic ear in an administration that often appeared tone deaf to the concerns of other nations. There will be teeth-gnashing over Mr. Powells departure by many foreign officials," said Samuel R. Sandy Berger, national security advisor in President Bill Clintons second term.

Colin was the side door they could get into when they could not get through the front door. The president ultimately set the course, Mr. Berger added. Colin has had a hard hand to play over the last several years in selling policies not popular to allies." Powell legacy Mr. Powell had long indicated he planned to leave when Mr.

Bushs first term ended. But with Mr. Rumsfeld under fire for his handling of the Iraq war, particularly the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, and new opportunities for peace-making in the Middle East after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, some people close to Mr. Powell detected hints he might consider staying for a period of time in the second term in part to burnish his legacy. Mr.

Powell has had a mixed and frustrating tenure as Secretary of State, with his most memorable moment his 2003 speech to the United Nations making the case that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction that were later never found arguably also his lowest point. The U.N. speech tarnished Mr. Powells legacy, even though his personal popularity remains high with the public and inside the State Department. A senior State Department official said that Mr.

Powells resignation was almost a foregone conclusion given the tension Mr. Powell had with three people the president, Mr. Cheney and Mr. Rumsfeld. Mr.

Powell just never fit: Mr. Bush had to ask for reassurance that Mr. Powell would be with him in the Iraq war, Mr. Powell believed Mr. Cheney had a fever about al-Qaida and Iraq, and Mr.

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