After 28 months in office, EPA administrator Christine Whitman, 56, announced on May 21 that she was resigning. Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey, was often caught between White House officials who found her too willing to push for regs favored by green groups, and environmentalists who accused her of being soft on key issues.
For her part, Whitman said she was resigning because she was tired of a commuter marriage.