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APKANSAS CITY | The top federal prosecutor in western Missouri is stepping down at the end of the month.
U.S. Attorney John F. Wood issued a statement Wednesday saying he submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama, effective Feb. 28.
Wood was appointed U.S. attorney for the western district of Missouri by then-President George W. Bush. He was sworn into office in April 2007.
A spokesman says Wood has accepted a position as a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed.
As U.S. attorney, Wood reorganized the office to create new units in such areas as terrorism and national security
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Why this is important: Wood was likely appointed USA as part of Bush's Attorney Purge, and he is the husband to Julie Myers of ICE, the person most suspected of leaking Obama's Aunt's name during the campaign.
Wood replaced US Attorney Graves who was on the hit list of attorneys to be purged by Bush. Wood was previously a counselor to Ashcroft and Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Julie Myers is a real doozy
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two years after President Bush appointed her to the position amid questions about her qualifications to lead the government's second-largest law-enforcement agency. Myers appointment were approved by a voice vote. Besides concerns with whether she had enough experience to lead the agency, critics noted that she was engaged -- and is now married -- to John F. Wood, who was chief of staff to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and is now the U.S. attorney in Kansas City. Retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is her uncle. Julie Myers was Chertoff's chief of staff when he led the Justice Department's criminal division.
But that was not the end of the controversy. Myers' appointment ran into trouble again this fall when she gave the "most original" costume award to a white employee who came to the agency's Halloween party dressed as an escaped prisoner with dreadlocks and darkened skin. The incident elicited an apology from Myers and a "leave' from the agency.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/003007.phpShortly after the immigration status of Obama's aunt was leaked, Myers announced she would be leaving ICE on Nov. 15th.
So, John F Wood, loyal Bushie dug in at the DoJ is now leaving.