USAID director
resigns

Andrew Natsios, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which plays a key role in U.S. efforts to fight AIDS overseas, is resigning his post, effective in January, to become a professor at Georgetown University, The Washington Post reports. "Under his leadership, USAID has implemented important reforms and helped us combat AIDS and malaria, rebuild Afghanistan and Iraq, provide humanitarian assistance in Sudan and assist victims of the tsunami and the recent devastating earthquake in South Asia," President Bush said in a statement. The White House has not yet named a nominee to replace Natsios. (Advocate.com)