Vice President's Statement on Libby Resignation

Vice President's Statement on Libby Resignation

Mr. Libby has informed me that he is resigning to fight the charges brought against him. I have accepted his decision with deep regret.

Scooter Libby is one of the most capable and talented individuals I have ever known. He has given many years of his life to public service and has served our nation tirelessly and with great distinction.

In our system of government an accused person is presumed innocent until a contrary finding is made by a jury after an opportunity to answer the charges and a full airing of the facts. Mr. Libby is entitled to that opportunity.

Because this is a pending legal proceeding, in fairness to all those involved, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the charges or on any facts relating to the proceeding.

### For Immediate Release, Office of the Vice President, October 28, 2005

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Freedom Calendar 10/29/05 - 11/05/05

October 29, 1864, African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth says of President Lincoln: 'I never was treated by anyone with more kindness and cordiality than were shown to me by that great and good man'.

October 30, 1829, Birth of civil rights champion and U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling (R-NY), instrumental in founding Republican Party in New York.

October 31, 1882, Death of African-American Republican, union organizer, and Texas state legislator George Ruby.

November 1, 1879, Death of U.S. Senator Zachariah Chandler (R-MI), Underground Railroad conductor and co-founder of the Republican Party.

November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan makes Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday.

November 3, 1868, Republican Ulysses Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour in presidential election; Seymour had denounced Emancipation Proclamation.

November 4, 1986, Republican Kay Orr of Nebraska elected as state’s first woman governor; also first woman to defeat another woman in a gubernatorial race.

November 5, 2002, Michael Steele, former Chairman of Maryland Republican Party, elected as first African-American Lt. Governor in state history.

"We believe that everyone deserves a chance, that everyone has value, that no insignificant person was ever born. We believe that all are diminished when any are hopeless. We are one people, committed to building a single nation of justice and opportunity.”
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

SOURCE: 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar more at Freedom Calendar or Republican and Republicans or African-Americans and Underground Railroad or Ronald Reagan and Emancipation Proclamation