Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Lynne Cheney to Exit Endowment Post
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Lynne V. Cheney will resign as head of the National Endowment for the Humanities, where she has defended traditional college scholarship against charges that it is out of touch with America. In a letter to her staff, Cheney said she will step down when President-elect Bill Clinton takes office. She said she will visit students and scholars around the country and spend time in Wyoming, where she and her husband, outgoing Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, have a home.
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