White House Rebuffs Calls For Shakeup
Monday, October 31st, 2005 by billFrom Yahoo News
By Terence Hunt
The White House on Monday rebuffed calls for a staff shakeup, the firing of Karl Rove and an apology by President Bush for the role of senior administration officials in the unmasking of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
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Three days after the indictment and resignation of Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, the administration said it would have to remain silent as long as there was an investigation of the leak and legal proceeding under way. Bush ignored reporters’ questions during an Oval Office meeting with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi.
“We don’t want to do anything from here that could prejudice the opportunity for there to be a fair and impartial trial,” presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said.
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