Tactless and outspoken, O'Neill is shown the doorSearch on for new team to confront economic slowdown, as Bush administration is consumed by prospect of war with Iraq By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 07 December 2002 The resignation yesterday of Paul O'Neill as Treasury Secretary, is not just the first cabinet-level change in the 23 months since George Bush took office. It also removes one of the very few senior government officials prepared to speak his mind, against the prevailing doctrine of one of the most tight-lipped and disciplined administrations in recent memory. Since he left the chairmanship of Alcoa, the...