http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-07-12T163213Z_01_N12566854_RTRIDST_0_USREPORT-BUSH-LEAK-DC.XMLWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush kept quiet on Tuesday when asked whether he would fire his top political adviser, Karl Rove, who has come under a cloud over his involvement in a CIA leak scandal.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan faced pointed questions about Rove's role for a second straight day -- and again refused to answer them -- while the Republican party's chairman dismissed criticisms of Rove as partisan attacks.
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In an Oval Office meeting with the prime minister of Singapore, Bush did not respond to a reporter's shouted question about whether he intended to dismiss Rove.
Bush had pledged to dismiss any leakers in the case.
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