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| Top White House aide Rove resigns | Top White House aide Rove resigns |
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| Top White House aide Karl Rove has said he will resign at the end of August. | Top White House aide Karl Rove has said he will resign at the end of August. |
| "I just think it's time," Mr Rove said in an interview for the Wall Street Journal, adding that he was quitting for the sake of his family. | "I just think it's time," Mr Rove said in an interview for the Wall Street Journal, adding that he was quitting for the sake of his family. |
| Mr Rove is a senior political adviser to President George W Bush and has worked with him for more than a decade. | |
| As Mr Bush's chief strategist, he is seen as instrumental in delivering two presidential and several congressional election victories for the Republicans. |