Resignation
Dec 7 2008, Vincent Van Ross

Something of a magnitude of the Mumbai terror attacks happen. One minister resigns or is made to resign and another one replaces him. How does that improve the situation? This has been going on for decades. It is time to put a stop to...

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Maria del Pilar Hurtado, the chief of Colombia’s secret police, DAS, announces his resignation in Bogota, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Hurtado stepped down after an opposition leader charged that agents were monitoring him.