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Perle Offers to Resign from Defense Policy Board

Thu March 27, 2003 06:11 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Richard Perle, an architect of the U.S.-led war on
Iraq, offered to resign as chairman of a Pentagon advisory panel, according
to a letter obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
Noting criticism of a possible conflict of interest over his roles as
corporate adviser and Defense Department consultant, Perle wrote to Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, "As I cannot quickly or easily quell criticism of
me based on errors of fact concerning my activities, the least I can do
under these circumstances is to ask you to accept my resignation as chairman
of the Defense Policy Board."

The letter was dated Wednesday.