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...Feith has come under heavy criticism over the past few years for his role in coordinating the U.S. strategy in the war on terror and his involvement in the Office of Special Plans (OSP)—a governmental office created during his tenure designed to examine intelligence...
Critics have also condemned Feith and others at the Department of Defense for instituting neoconservative policies at the Pentagon. In January, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh blasted Feith in an article for the New Yorker for allegedly aiding an effort to launch a U.S. military intervention in Iran. The Pentagon has denied the charges...
...Feith has recently made public his intentions to leave the government this summer, citing “personal and family reasons,” according to a Pentagon press release...
During the Reagan administration, Feith acted as special counsel to then-Assistant Defense Secretary Richard Perle. His first administration job was as a Middle East specialist in the National Security Council in 1981, and he was appointed to serve as deputy assistant secretary of defense...
...Feith is third-in-command after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz. President Bush appointed him to the post in July...