KEY ROVE AIDE RESIGNS IN LOBBYIST CORRUPTION SCANDAL…

Reuters Steve Holland October 6, 2006 at 04:28 PM
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An aide to top White House political adviser Karl Rove resigned in the fallout over a congressional report showing many White House contacts with ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

Last week's report by the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee said Rove aide Susan Ralston had passed inside White House information to superlobbyist Abramoff while she was also accepting his tickets to nine sports and entertainment events.

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