1.27.2005
Rumsfeld Policy Adviser Feith to Leave Post (CNN.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's top policy adviser said Wednesday he has told Rumsfeld that he will leave his Pentagon position sometime this summer.
Douglas J. Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy and a driving force behind the Bush administration's strategy for fighting the global war on terror, said in an interview that he decided it was time he devoted more time to his family. He has four children.
"I informed the secretary that I plan to leave in the summer," he said.
He offered no specific resignation date and stressed that he was leaving on his own terms.
Feith would be the highest-ranking Pentagon official to leave the administration. The No. 2 official, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, said recently he plans to remain.
(More ... CNN.com - Rumsfeld policy adviser Feith to leave post - Jan 26, 2005) ¶ 22:53
Douglas J. Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy and a driving force behind the Bush administration's strategy for fighting the global war on terror, said in an interview that he decided it was time he devoted more time to his family. He has four children.
"I informed the secretary that I plan to leave in the summer," he said.
He offered no specific resignation date and stressed that he was leaving on his own terms.
Feith would be the highest-ranking Pentagon official to leave the administration. The No. 2 official, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, said recently he plans to remain.
(More ... CNN.com - Rumsfeld policy adviser Feith to leave post - Jan 26, 2005) ¶ 22:53
