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FAA chief resigns after drunken driving arrest

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By JOAN LOWY
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Randy Babbitt says he will resign as head of the Federal Aviation Administration following his arrest over the weekend on charges of drunken driving.

Babbitt said in a statement Tuesday that he didn't want to allow anything to "cast a shadow" on the work done by his colleagues at the FAA.

The 65-year-old Babbitt was arrested Saturday night in Fairfax City, Va., by a patrolman who said the FAA administrator was driving on the wrong side of the road. (Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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