From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

At the Bush White House, a crucial vacancy.

Hello again, I'm Rinalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Today, I submitted my resignation as deputy chief of staff and senior advisor.

Carl Rove, the president's top political strategist will leave the White House at the end of this month.

On To the Point, we'll talk with reporters who tracked the relationship that helped shape

six and a half years of American history.

Some Democrats say Rove acted above the law.

Some Republicans say he should have left before last November's elections.

Also today, the Red Cross report describing CIA treatment of detainees in the war on terror

with techniques learned from countries known to use torture.

Did those techniques work?

Did they violate international law? First,

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D. and Catherine

T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again.

Warren Alney, back with To the Point.

Carl Rove will be leaving the White House at the end of this month.

What's his legacy?

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