White House Will Be Scott-Free

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"White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is stepping down, while President Bush's top presidential adviser Karl Rove is giving up his policy portfolio," reports FOX News and Associated Press. McClellan will leave the White House in two to three weeks. One possible replacement for him is FOX News radio host Tony Snow, who previously wrote speeches for President George H. W. Bush. Other people who have "been approached about the position" include former Pentagon spokesperson Victoria Clarke and former Coalition Provisional Authority spokesperson in Iraq Dan Senor. Rove's portfolio change has been called a "demotion." A "senior administration official" said that "Rove is giving up oversight of policy development to focus more on politics with the approach of the fall midterm elections."