"I am resigning my post at the Council on Environmental Quality, effective today.  On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide. I have been inundated with calls - from across the political spectrum - urging me to "stay and fight." But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future. It has been a great honor to serve my country and my President in this capacity. I thank everyone who has offered support and encouragement. I am proud to have been able to make a contribution to the clean energy future. I will continue to do so, in the months and years ahead."

Comment by Boris Tiraspolsky: 

It is amazing how every sentence of the "Resignation Letter from Van Jones" is full of lies and distortions. The following are "small" hidden truths behind the words by Van Jones.

The first truth. Obama adviser Van Jones was either fired or forced to resign by president Obama. And if Obama did not order Van Jones' resignation, adviser says, that sounds either not factual, or makes Obama look like a marionette with attached strings pulling by others.     

The second truth. Opponents never "mounted a vicious smear campaign against" Van Jones. Read these facts: The Van Jones (non) feeding frenzy. The truth is that only Representative Pence calls on Van Jones to resign. 

The third truth. Van Jones never got "calls - from across the political spectrum - urging" him to "stay and fight." White House tight-lipped about Obama adviser.  Otherwise, he would have certainly stayed and fought. No one including his buddy Obama did not want him around anymore after a such appalling racist statement: "Only ‘Suburban White Kids’ Shoot Up Schools".
 
The fourth truth. Van Jones obviously "cannot in good conscience ask" his "colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining" his past. It is impossible to defend someone who openly describes himself as a Marxist and "radical hellraiser". Just read an article about Yale Law School and Why Van Jones went There. Moreover, even former eBay CEO, a Republican candidate for governor in California Meg Whitman distances from Jones. And "she loves black Marxists. And not just any black Marxists. She loves VAN! JONES!" All of the sudden Van Jones Hearts Meg Whitman.

The fifth truth. Van Jones is not being honest saying: "It has been a great honor to serve my country". People of "wrong ideologies" like Van Jones never serve their country. They always serve their own agenda and only their own agenda.  

The sixth truth. There is no doubt Van Jones will continue his Marxist radical "hellraising" "in the months and years ahead." In other words Van Jones is going to continue his own "pursuit of happiness" by abusing the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States the very same way he has done it through all his previous life. Let's not to forget that Van Jones signed a petition in 2004 calling for an investigation into whether government officials deliberately allowed the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to occur.

The seventh truth. President Barack Obama has appointed thirty-two czars, as of July 20, 2009 including "resigned" Van Jones. I honestly wonder: are they all Marxists and "radical hellraisers"?  

The eight and most important truth. U.S. Ideological Civil War is continuing and getting more and more intense...