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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...
...expected that the ever present Elliot Abrams will have a hand in this area from his perch at the National Security Council). The neoconservative lockout at State has led to speculation that the U.N. post might be thrown to them as a sop. The rumor last week was Paul Wolfowitz; the rumor the week before was Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton. There is a tradition of neoconservative eloquence at the U.N.: Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Jeane Kirkpatrick were excellent U.S. representatives during the Soviet era. And an argument can be made that...
...president were serious about spreading liberty, he would make it a top priority to improve our international image, particularly in the eyes of the Arab world. A surprisingly candid report released by the Office of Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz in September cited “widespread concern among influential observers that something must be done about public diplomacy,” and lamented that the White House seemed untroubled by these concerns. The report warned that Washington’s “messages should seek to reduce, not increase, perceptions of arrogance, opportunism and double standards...
...insurgents and the inadequacy of U.S.-trained Iraqi forces to deal with them, only 4% of Americans believe that more U.S. troops should be sent to Iraq, according to a Los Angeles Times poll. For now, however, there's no timetable for reducing their ranks. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told TIME that "it's foolish to predict numbers and how much [the U.S. troop presence] will go down. It depends on how fast Iraqi security forces come along." Members of congressional armed-services committees are being warned privately by senior uniformed officers to expect at least...
Pentagon insiders expect DONALD RUMSFELD to try to hang on for at least another year. His chances of staying are helped, ironically, by the lack of confirmable alternatives. Deputy Secretary PAUL WOLFOWITZ has been widely criticized for predicting that U.S. troops would be welcomed in Iraq as liberators, and he would have a hard time winning Senate confirmation. CONDOLEEZZA RICE, who is believed to prefer the Pentagon job to Secretary of State, is a more likely choice--unless, as some speculate, she wants a breather from government...