January 26, 2005

ANOTHER LIGHTNING ROD REMOVED:

Rumsfeld's Top Policy Adviser to Quit (ROBERT BURNS, January 26, 2005, AP)

The top policy adviser to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and a driving force behind the Pentagon's Iraq policy plans to resign from his post this year, a senior defense official said Wednesday.

Douglas Feith would be the highest-ranking Pentagon official to leave the administration. The No. 2 official, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, has said he plans to remain.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 26, 2005 6:28 PM
Comments

In serious Republican administrations, that shop has always been stocked by a little known "neocon" who becomes known. No doubt that will happen again.

I wonder who will get it next? JD Crouch would be a great choice, but he's been rewarded with an ambassadorship, so I don't imagine he's interested. Look for someone else who might have been in the policy shop under Cheney.

Posted by: kevin whited at January 27, 2005 9:05 AM
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