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Rumsfeld advisor who vocally endorsed Saddam's ouster resigns
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8041485.htm
By Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Joseph L. Galloway
Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Richard Perle, one of the most outspoken advocates for invading Iraq, has quietly resigned from the Defense Policy Board, an influential bipartisan Pentagon advisory group.

Perle informed Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld that he was quitting the board in a letter dated Feb. 18, although a week later a Pentagon list of board members still included him. A copy of the letter was obtained by Knight Ridder.

Perle's resignation comes as President Bush, who had hoped to ride popular support for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to a second term, finds his administration facing a growing number of congressional, legal and internal investigations into dubious prewar intelligence on Iraq and lucrative contracts for Iraqi reconstruction.

In his letter, Perle said he was resigning after 17 years on the board so that the Bush administration and the Department of Defense would no longer be associated with his outspoken views on Iraq and other matters.

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kinda late to worry about the effects of association, wouldn't you say?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. It's like getting rid of your blue haired eccentric aunt

Now let's go after him and convict him for war profiteering.