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Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke has resigned, effective Friday, the Defense Department announced Monday. For personal reasons, Clarke is leaving the position of assistant secretary for public affairs, the department said in a press release. She has held the job for two years, arriving the summer before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Lawrence DiRita, special assistant to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld will do her job until a permanent replacement is confirmed.
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