Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.
The resignation comes as Obama is working to regain his footing in the contentious health care debate.
This reinforces claims by critics that the administration is spending little time vetting the multitude of czar’s appointed to surround an increasingly controversial president who is sinking in popularity.
The matter surfaced after news reports of a derogatory comment Jones made in the past about Republicans, and separately, of Jones' name appearing on a petition connected to the events surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
That 2004 petition had asked for congressional hearings and other investigations into whether high-level government officials had allowed the attacks to occur.
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