Complex sentence: Miers would later use this request as part of a face-saving exit strategy for stepping down-in her letter withdrawing her nomination, she pointed to the senators'request for confidential documents as potentially damaging the executive branch's independence.
Split into simpler sentences: Miers would later use this request as part of a face-saving exit strategy for stepping down. In her letter withdrawing her nomination, she pointed to the senators'request for confidential documents as potentially damaging the executive branch's independence.