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Article: Karen Hughes Prepares to Leave D.C.
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- July 5, 2002
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ The day before his inauguration, George W. Bush pointed
to Karen Hughes at a staff meeting and told his other top advisers,
"I don't want any important decision made without her in the room."
Bush's order was strictly enforced. No major presidential conclusion,
event or public utterance has escaped the eyes and ears of Hughes
_ perhaps the most influential woman ever to have served a president.
But now the White House counselor is leaving the room. She ends an
18-month run at the White House on Monday, creating a Texas-sized
vacuum in the orbit of presidential advisers.
"She won't be here every single day to hear every single thing ...