Gulf Coast recovery chief steps down to return to private sector; top aide to take over

Saturday, March 1, 2008

NEW ORLEANS -- The federal official in charge of rebuilding the Gulf Coast after the 2005 hurricanes said he submitted his resignation Friday because he wants to return to Texas to get back into banking.

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