Oh, is that what they are calling firings these days?
"Powell urges GOP to 'reach out' to base; He reaffirms his party allegiance" by Karen DeYoung, Washington Post | May 25, 2009
WASHINGTON - Colin L. Powell, former secretary of state, said he has spoken "occasionally" to President Obama, "and I've seen him recently," and said he has had longstanding relationships with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. But, he said, he does not expect to play a larger role in the administration....
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Powell faulted Obama for seeking to close Guantanamo without a detailed plan on what he would do with the detainees. The House and Senate last week refused to give the administration the funding it sought to shut down the prison, and many lawmakers said their states would not permit alleged terrorists to be transferred to domestic prisons. Powell's estrangement from Cheney and others in the Bush White House led to his not being invited to serve a second term as secretary of state....
Translation: He was fired.
Why does the MSM have to couch so many things in deceptive terms?