2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 10, 2004 NATION/WORLD 6 Two members quit Bush cabinet NEWS IN BRIEF , k' H IW-11 W1161 WbE a2 Okla mLVA SEAUe~ i 01041 n I"-1MKING vwmIF0 owl Attorney general, commerce secretary decline 3W U W U - -J W'E 1' - m~l ti UUU V1nmL wmW UU AWJn~ U W second terms k N, : PARIS WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General John Ashcroft, a favorite of conservatives, and Commerce Sec- retary Don Evans, one of President Bush's closest friends, resigned yester- day, the first members of the Cabinet to leave as Bush heads from re-election into his second term. Both Ashcroft and Evans have served in Bush's Cabinet from the start of the administration. Ashcroft, in a five-page, handwritten letter to Bush, said, "The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved." "Yet I believe that the Department of Justice would be well served by new leadership and fresh inspiration," said Ashcroft, whose health problems ear- lier this year resulted in removal of his gall bladder. "I believe that my energies and talents should be directed toward other challenging horizons," he said. Ashcroft's letter was dated Nov. 2, Election Day. Evans, a longtime friend from Texas, wrote Bush, "While the prom- ise of your second term shines bright, I have concluded with deep regret that it is time for me to return home." in Midland, Texas, where they would attend church together and meet every day for a three-mile jog. "Don Evans is one of my most trusted friends and advisers," Bush said. "Don has worked to advance eco- nomic security and prosperity for all Americans. He has worked steadfastly to make sure America continues to be the best place in the world to do busi- ness." Ashcroft, 62, has been well liked by many conservatives. At the same time, he has been a lightning rod for criti- cism of his handling of the U.S. end of the war against terrorism, especially the detention of suspected terrorists. Evans, 58, was instrumental in Bush's 2000 campaign and came with him to Washington. Evans has told aides he was ready for a change. He was mentioned as a possible White House chief of staff in Bush's second term, but the president decided to keep Andy Card in that job. One name being mentioned for Evans' job at Commerce is Mercer Reynolds, national finance chairman for the Bush campaign, who raised more than $260 million to get him re- elected. Attorney General John Ashcroft - who resigned yesterday - addresses participants in a Christian Coalition conference in 1998, when he was a Missouri senator. Bush issued statements of praise for both men - and for the policies they advanced. "John Ashcroft has worked tire- lessly to help make our country safer," the president said. "John has served our nation with honor, distinction, and integrity." Bush's farewell to Evans was more effusive and more personal, fitting to their more than three decades of friendship dating to the oil business U.S. troops move deeper into Fallujah NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops pow- ered their way into the center of the insurgent strong- hold of Fallujah yesterday, overwhelming small bands of guerrillas with massive force, searching homes along the city's deserted, narrow passageways and using loud- speakers to try to goad militants onto the streets. As of last night, the fighting had killed 10 U.S. troops and two members of the Iraqi security force, the U.S. military announced. The toll already equaled the 10 American military deaths when Marines besieged the city for three weeks in April. As the offensive moved into a second full day, up to eight attack aircraft - including jets and helicopter gunships - blasted guerrilla strongholds and raked the streets with rocket, cannon and machine-gun fire ahead of U.S. and Iraqi infantry who were advancing only one or two blocks behind the curtain of fire. Small groups of guerrillas, armed with rifles, rocket- propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns, engaged U.S. troops, then fell back. U.S. troops inspected houses along Fallujah's streets and ran across adjoining alley- ways, mindful of snipers. A psychological operations unit broadcast announce- ments in Arabic meant to draw out gunmen. An Iraqi translator from the group said through a loudspeaker: "Brave terrorists, I am waiting here for the brave terror- ists. Come and kill us. Plant small bombs on roadsides. Attention, attention, terrorists of Fallujah." Faced with overwhelming force, resistance in Fallu- jah did not appear as fierce as expected, though the top U.S. commander in Iraq said he still expected "several more days of tough urban fighting" as insurgents fell back toward the southern end of the city, perhaps for a last stand. Some U.S. military officers estimated they controlled about a third of the city. Commanders said they had not fully secured the northern half of Fallujah but were well on their way as American and Iraqi troops searched for insurgents. Arafat in coma, takes turn for worse A deeply comatose Yasser Arafat clung to life Tuesday after suffering anoth- er downturn, his major organs still functioning but his survival dependent "on the will of God," the Palestinian foreign minister said. Palestinian leaders made preparations for Arafat's eventual death. They said they would bury Arafat at his sandbagged headquarters in the West Bank and turn the site into a shrine. But the 75-year-old leader, whose condition has steadily worsened since he was flown to a military hospital outside Paris on Oct. 29, would not be removed from life support, Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said. "His brain, his heart and his lungs are still functioning and he is alive," Shaath said after he and other Palestinian officials met with Arafat's doctors, his wife and French President Jacques Chirac. "He will live or die depending on his body's ability to resist and on the will of God," Shaath said. Shaath's remarks at a news conference underlined that the Palestinian leader- ship was now in control of information about Arafat after days of confusing and often conflicting reports about his undisclosed illness. WASH INGTON Airlines agree to tests on drinking water The government and a dozen airlines struck a deal yesterday requiring sanitation improvements and increased testing of drinking water aboard aircraft after officials found evidence of harmful bacteria in the water of one in every eight planes tested. At the same time, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would per- form random water quality tests on 169 domestic and international passenger air- craft at 14 airports throughout the United States and publish the results by the end of the year. If coliform bacteria are discovered, the airliners will have to be disinfected within 24 hours, unless the agency grants an extension because the plane involved is outside the United States. In the meantime, passengers would find signs posted in the lavatories and galleys of affected aircraft. Two months ago, EPA tested drinking water aboard 158 randomly selected domestic and international passenger aircraft and found that 12.6 percent had drink- ing water that did not meet federal safety standards. Twenty of the tested planes - small commuter aircraft to jumbo jets - returned positive results for coliform bacteria, usually harmless itself but an indicator of the possible presence of other harmful organisms. WASHINGTON FCC eases rules for Internet phone firms Federal regulators gave a boost yesterday to the fledgling Internet phone industry, removing a regulatory hurdle that threatened to drive up the cost of making calls through cyberspace. The Federal Communications Commission voted 5 to 0 for a petition by Von- age Holdings Corp. of Edison, N.J., which had asked the agency to declare the company's product an interstate service, giving the FCC regulatory control. The move exempts Vonage and similar providers of Voice over Internet Pro- tocol, or VoIP, from some key state-by-state regulation that the companies say would add cost. WASHINGTON Gov't citing false links between abortion, cancer In several states, women considering abortion are given government-issued bro- chures warning that the procedure could increase their chance of developing breast cancer, despite scientific findings to the contrary. More than a year ago, a panel of scientists convened by the National Cancer Institute reviewed available data and concluded there is no link. A scientific review in the Lancet, a British medical journal, came to the same conclusion, questioning the methodology in studies that suggested a link. The cancer information is distrib- uted to women during mandatory waiting periods before abortions. In some cases, the information is on the states' websites. - Compiled from Daily wire reports MARKET UPDATE TUES. 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