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President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the resignation of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following a controversy over the agency’s targeting of conservative political groups. The White House scheduled the meeting a day after the release of an inspector general report that showed the IRS allowed agents to improperly target tea party groups for more than 18 months.

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