'''Victoria "Torie" Clarke''' , citing "personal reasons", resigned, effective Friday, June 20, 2003, as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.
[http://www.dod.gov/releases/2003/nr20030616-0102.html June 16, 2003, DOD Press Release] by Secretary of Defense [[Donald H. Rumsfeld]].
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Clarke was nominated by President [[George W. Bush]] to be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs on April 5, 2001. She was confirmed by the Senate on May 17, 2001, and sworn in at a ceremony in the
Pentagon on May 22, 2001.