Flight of hawk stirs Pentagon nest

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EK01Aa01.html

By Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON - A major Pentagon hawk has abruptly resigned his post in a move that, in the context of other recent developments, is likely to fuel speculation that the White House might be trying to soften the harder edges of its controversial policies.

The Pentagon announced on Wednesday evening that Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, J D Crouch II, was resigning effective Friday in order to return to "academia" at Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU).

Significantly, the announcement did not give a reason for his departure, nor for the suddenness with which it is taking place. And no one was named to replace him.

While officials stressed that Crouch, who has a long association with many of the key figures who have promoted military pre-eminence as the United States's post-Cold War strategy, was leaving voluntarily, some sources said that his resignation reflected a loss of influence on the part of right-wing and neo-conservative hawks centered in the Pentagon and Vice President Dick Cheney's office.


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