{"id":3269,"date":"2007-08-27T08:56:46","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T14:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:07:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:07:22","slug":"alberto-gonzales-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/alberto-gonzales-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto Gonzales Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/g\/alberto_r_gonzales\/index.html?inline=nyt-per\">Alberto R. Gonzales<\/a>, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. He is expected to announce the decision to reporters at 10:30 Eastern time this morning in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation for months, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on Friday, a senior administration official said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bush has not yet chosen a replacement but will not leave the position open long, the official said early this morning, speaking on condition of anonymity because the resignation had not yet been made public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/27\/washington\/27cnd-gonzales.html?_r=2&#038;oref=login&#038;oref=slogin\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. He is expected to announce the decision to reporters at 10:30 Eastern time this morning in Washington. 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