Bush Loyalist Replaces Card As Chief of Staff ; Some Republicans Had Hoped for Sweeping Personnel Changes

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WASHINGTON Ignoring calls for a dramatic White House shake-up, President Bush on Tuesday turned to Joshua Bolten, a trusted loyalist, to replace Andy Card as White House chief of staff.

The personnel shift fell far short of the kind of bold move that some Republicans say Bush needs in order to pull out of his second- term slump. If anything, Bolten's ascension signals that Bush intends to stay the course despite dismal poll numbers and growing dissension in Republican ranks over his leadership style, policy choices and inattention to election-year GOP sensitivities on Capitol Hill.

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Bush Loyalist Replaces Card As Chief of Staff ; Some Republicans Had Hoped for Sweeping Personnel Changes

"This is not a change. This is just Josh Bolten moving" to a new job,...

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