Pentagon Adviser is Stepping Down

Concerned that charges of corruption might distract the US from the war on Iraq, Richard Perle, a senior American defense official, resigned his post. Perle’s interactions with a Saudi arms dealer raised eyebrows this month. Similarly, Perle was hired to advise a communications company about its efforts to be sold to a billionaire from Hong Kong, despite worries from the Department of Defense about national security problems that could come from such a sale. Perle had been one of the most hawkish officials in the Bush administration. –YaleGlobal