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“There are times when one must attend more diligently to personal and family matters. Now is such a time for me.”

– Alphonso Jackson, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, announcing his April 18 resignation on Monday. Jackson, who took the post after accompanying President Bush from Texas to DC, is under investigation by multiple agencies for multiple allegations, including steering contracts to friends, illegally influencing contracts, and taking retributive steps against the city of Philadelphia for refusing to transfer a valuable property to one of his friends, reports the Washington Post. Earlier this month at two Senate hearings, Jackson refused to answer questions about his role in the matter. President Bush accepted Jackson’s resignation, saying he still believes Jackson to be “a strong leader and a good man.”

Source: Washington Post, Mar. 31.

For more information, see: Wall Street Journal, Mar. 31 — New York Times, Mar. 31 — AP, Mar. 31 — Related Newsline story, Mar. 17 — Related Newsline story, Mar. 3 — Related Newsline story, Aug. 27, 2007 — Related Newsline story, June 11, 2007.