Alastair Campbell, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's top aide and media handler, announced August 29, 2003 he was quitting his job. Campbell, shown during a news conference May 10, 2001, had been widely expected to quit later this year but the timing of his announcement -- while both he and Blair are enmeshed in a high-stakes inquiry into the government case for war in Iraq -- caught political observers short.[Reuters]
 
 
 

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