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| Obama's green ‘czar’ Van Jones quit |
| Obama's green ‘czar’ Van Jones quits amid uproar
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 7-September-2009
3:29:23 AM |
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White House environmental policy adviser Van Jones, who specialised in green jobs, resigned on Sunday after an uproar over his previous affiliation with a September 11 conspiracy group.
Van Jones, special adviser at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, apologised on Thursday after videotape surfaced of him using a crude epithet to describe Republicans and amid revelations he had signed a petition suggesting US government involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
The apology did little to quell Republican criticism and President Barack Obama’s chief spokesman gave only tepid support to Jones on Friday. Asked if Obama ordered that Jones be fired, White House adviser David Axelrod told NBC: “Absolutely not.”
Jones said he was resigning to avoid being a distraction to the administration. “On the eve of historic fights for healthcare and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me,” Jones said in a resignation letter released to the media.
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