After another weekend mulling options, Bush announced Powell’s resignation on Monday, November 15, in a written statement along with those of the secretaries of energy, education, and agriculture and chairman of the Republican National Committee. Powell was treated as just one more replaceable cabinet member. Bush made no public appearance to discuss Powell’s departure, instead dispensing his secretary of state with three paragraphs that praised him as “one of the great public servants of our time.” The next day, Bush did appear before cameras in the Roosevelt Room to announce Rice’s
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