Michele Flournoy, the Defense Department’s undersecretary for policy and one of the most senior women civilians ever to serve at the Pentagon, said Monday that she is stepping down early next year. Flournoy, 50, has a relatively low public profile but has been influential since the start of the Obama administration in shaping defense policy toward emerging threats and formulating counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. In recent months, she has assembled a team to plan for the future U.S. military role in Afghanistan after the departure of combat troops at the end of 2014. Read full article > >

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WASHINGTON — Michele Flournoy, the most senior female Pentagon official in history, told The Associated Press on Monday she is stepping down as the chief policy adviser to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. In an interview in her Pentagon office, Flournoy said she feels compelled to “rebalance” her personal life after three years in one of the most demanding national security jobs in Washington. Read full article > >

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Edgar M. Bronfman Jr., a major player in the music industry, is stepping down as chairman of the board.

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Crime Prevention Minister Baroness Browning is stepping down from the government on health grounds, Downing Street says.

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Crime Prevention Minister Baroness Browning is stepping down from the government on health grounds, Downing Street says.

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While denying he is stepping down as CEO.

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Jill Abramson, a managing editor, will succeed Bill Keller, who is stepping down to become a full-time writer.

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The US envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, is stepping down after two years of pursuing progress on peace talks, the White House says.

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WASHINGTON — Sheila Bair is stepping down as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. this summer, ending a five-year term in which she helped craft the government’s response to the 2008 financial crisis. Bair will leave her post as one of the top banking regulators on July 8, the FDIC said Monday. She was among the first officials to raise concerns about the explosion of high-risk lending to borrowers with bad credit. Under her tenure, the agency closed the most banks since the savings and loan crisis. That included Washington Mutual, the nation’s largest bank failure. Read full article > >

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MTV Networks chairman and CEO Judy McGrath is stepping down, parent company Viacom announced Thursday; she will not be replaced. McGrath started with the company in 1981, when she was working as a copywriter. She was named chairman and CEO of MTV…

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Friends say Lloyd C. Blankfein has said he would consider stepping down as chief of Goldman Sachs, heightening speculation about a successor.

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Gaston Caperton is stepping down as president of the College Board, the company that runs the SAT and Advanced Placement exams. Caperton, 71, has helmed the College Board since 1999, a period that saw the number of students taking its exams go from 3…

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That was fast. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley is stepping down under pressure from the White House after criticizing the treatment of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning. Speaking at MIT on Friday, Crowley called Manning’s treatment “ridiculous…

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Colonel Gaddafi shows no sign of stepping down despite widespread protests

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Will Republicans forgive him for sleeping with the enemy? U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., has notified the White House that he’ll be stepping down from his post, possibly in order to explore a GOP presidential bid. Huntsman, the former…

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