US Deputy Secretary of State quits

[Judi Lynn]

US Deputy Secretary of State quits
Tuesday Jun 20 02:13 AEST

US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick has announced his resignation to join investment house Goldman Sachs, after focusing on China and Sudan in the No. 2 job at the department.

Zoellick, former US Trade Representative before moving to the State Department in February 2005, had been tipped as a candidate to take over as treasury secretary but he was passed over for the job. He will leave government next month.

With Zoellick at her side, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said her outgoing deputy was a masterful strategist and an intellectual leader who had made America stronger and safer.
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Several sources said recently it had been hard for Zoellick to accept his second-term appointment to a No. 2 post, even though it was for a State Department job where he had considerable independence.
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