May 24, 2004

Bremer's Boss

Can someone remind me whom Paul Bremer works for? I'd swear that last fall the White House took over direct responsibility for Iraq policymaking from Rumsfeld and the Pentagon suits. I mean the White House said it ... so it must be true, right? (ok, I kid) Yet this Newsweek article on the recent fall of Chalabi contains the following line: "Though Bremer was picked for his Baghdad job by Rumsfeld, he has fallen out with the Pentagon and now speaks more regularly to Rice and her staff at the White House". Ummm, well, if Rice now has responsibility for overseeing Iraq policy, is that really such a revelation? Am I missing something here?

Posted by armand at May 24, 2004 11:25 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics


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Well, you are and you aren't. Last fall reports indicated that Rice would manage the transition (for example http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-10-06-rice-iraq_x.htm). Yet a week later, other reports said that this would not diminish Rummy's authority (http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/cg/Qus-iraq-whouse.R3BN_DOE.html).

Posted by: binky at May 26, 2004 01:38 PM | PERMALINK
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