Rice deputy Robert Zoellick to leave State Department

0 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Jun 21, 2006

Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, the department's No. 2 official, is resigning.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Zoellick's "tireless work ethic" and said he had served as her "alter ego" in the department. She did not announce a replacement.

"Our nation is stronger and safer because of your work," Rice said Monday at the State Department.

Zoellick told reporters that after six intensive years as U.S. trade chief and then as Rice's deputy, "I determined to make a change."

Zoellick, 52, said he would join the Wall Street investment house Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and concentrate on trying to develop investment markets around the world.

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