Lots of World Bank nom stuff, but this is the interesting part...
The Pentagon's often-reliable vote for tough action against state sponsors of terror in interagency meetings is in jeopardy as Mr. Wolfowitz leaves his position as deputy secretary of defense along with the no. 3 civilian at the Defense Department, Doug Feith, whose departure was announced this summer.
The names floated as possible replacements for Mr.Wolfowitz have built their reputations as managers willing to work closely with a bureaucracy often hostile to the president's broad foreign policy vision. Among those said to be eyeing the job Mr. Wolfowitz is leaving are Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Stephen Cambone, the secretary of the Navy, Gordon England, and the outgoing administrator for NASA, Sean O'Keefe.
NASA!?
One administration official told the Sun that Mr. Wolfowitz initially did not want to leave the Pentagon, where he has played a key role in shaping Iraq policy and helped draft many of Mr. Bush's foreign policy speeches during the presidential campaign. "This is starting to look like neoconservativism without neoconservatives," this official said.
To lose the Pentagon just as we're starting to reclaim State would, obviously, be a giant mistake. But Bush has been pretty good with his noms so far this term. |