White House Official Who Doctored Global Warming Reports Hired by ExxonMobil

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Cooney´s departure was "completely unrelated" to the disclosure two days earlier that he had made changes in several government climate change reports that were issued in 2002 and 2003.

"Mr. Cooney has long been considering his options following four years of service to the administration," Perino said. "He´d accumulated many weeks of leave and decided to resign and take the summer off to spend time with his family."

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