Early departures clip Bush security team

[rodeodance]

Source: ap



Early departures clip Bush security team

By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Top members of President Bush's national security team are leaving in one of the earliest waves of departures from a second-term administration — nearly two years before Bush's time ends.

As rancor in the nation rises over handling of the war in Iraq, at least 20 senior aides have either retired or resigned from important posts at the White House,Pentagon and State Department in the past six months.

Some have left for lucrative positions in the private sector. Some have gone to academic or charitable institutions. The latest was Deputy National Security Adviser J.D. Crouch, who spoke favorably of Bush's policies as he announced he was leaving last week.

Turnover is normal as an administration nears its end, but "this is a high number," said Paul Light, a professor of public service at New York University and an expert on government.

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[Hardrada]

1. Damn! Won't any of them end up selling stuff out of their car trunks?

Or making license plates?

[JohnyCanuck]

2. Or breaking rocks with a sledgehammer? n/t

[Straight Shooter]

3. Or swinging at the end of a ...

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... chorus line? :shrug:

[krkaufman]

4. Was listening to AAR recently, and they were rattling off all the open spots ...

... under Rice at the State Department. Many top spots remain unfilled.

[Demeter]

5. Who Can Blame Them? Would YOU Want to Work for Condi and W?

Or take marching orders from Kkkarl?

[Hekate]

6. And yet in 2000 they were lined up around the block to work for *

I remember reading that Lynne Cheney was shooting resumes from the Heritage Foundation over to the WH as fast as she could.

Now the rats are leaving the ship of state before it takes on any more water.

Hekate