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Ridge announces resignation as homeland security secretary.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Shannon McCaffrey and Ron Hutcheson
WASHINGTON _ Tom Ridge, who led federal efforts to strengthen domestic defenses after the Sept. 11 attacks and gained fame for orange alerts and endorsing duct tape as an anti-terror device, said Thursday that he will step down as the nation's first secretary of homeland security to spend more time with his family.
Ridge said he would stay on until Feb. 1 unless the Senate confirms his successor before then. The former Pennsylvania governor submitted a formal letter of resignation to President Bush Tuesday morning. His departure had been rumored for some time.
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