In an ever-growing trend, Al Hubbard, director of President George W. Bush’s National Economic Council, will step down by the end of the year. The president had asked all employees who wanted to leave his administration before it commenced to hand in their resignations by September. Hubbard now joins Fran Townsend and Karen Hughes in bucking that request. Karl Rove obliged.

Earlier: Why Did Fran Townsend Resign?

And: Karen Hughes Suspiciously Resigns from White House

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When Karen Hughes announced in October that she was leaving the Bush administration, it was a curious development considering her boss had asked all staffers who planned on leaving the White House to do so before Labor Day. Now comes word today that another high-ranking Bush administration official Fran Townsend, President Bush’s counterrorism adviser at the White House, has resigned. What is up, folks?

Earlier: Karen Hughes Suspiciously Resigns from White House

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