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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Wednesday that he plans to step down and return to Colorado, leaving another opening in President Obama’s Cabinet.

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would leave power in the coming days, the closest the veteran leader has come to announcing he plans to step down after nine months of mass protests against his 33 year rule.

Jonathan Silver, the executive director of the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office, stepped down from that position amid scrutiny from congressional Republicans over loans granted to the now-bankrupt energy firm Solyndra. Energy Secretary Steve Chu told the Post that the departure had been planned.

Les Hinton, chairman of News International in the years the alleged hacking occurred, stepped down as head of the Dow Jones division yesterday. That followed the exit of News International CEO Rebekah Brooks. She was editor of the News of the World, the newspaper implicated in the scandal, from 2000 to 2003.

Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told House leaders that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, said a top Democratic official and two people told of Mr. Weiner’s plans.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou offered on Wednesday to step down and make way for a national unity government provided it supported EU/IMF bailout plans, government sources said.

President Obama said Monday that he would step down if he were in Rep. Anthony Weiner's shoes, questioning the New York Democrat's ability to serve constituents amid "personal distractions."

Singapore's first prime minister and founding father of the modern city-state, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, said he will leave the government cabinet to make way for a younger generation of leadership.

Sheila Bair, one of the most visible regulators who navigated the recent financial crisis, will leave the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on July 8, the agency announced on Monday.

Representative Chris Lee of New York, who reportedly sent a shirtless photo to a woman on the Internet, has stepped down, according to a senior Congressional official.