By Jeremy Pelofsky | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Karl Rove, one of President George W. Bush's closest aides and a lightning rod for controversy among Democrats, said he will leave the White House at the end of August.Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff known as "The Architect" for guiding Bush from being the governor of Texas to two terms as president, is the latest in a series of senior aides to quit as the clock ticks toward the end of Bush's presidency.
"I just think it's time," Rove, 56, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Monday.
"There's always something that can keep you here and, as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family."
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