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The US official who attended Arafat's funeral today in Cairo, assistant secretary of State William J. Burns, is on the way out. Discussed to replace him? AEI's vice president for foreign and defense policy studies, Danielle Pletka, the LA Times reports:
Another sign of Bush's views is expected to come soon when he chooses a replacement for Burns as head of the State Department's Bureau of Near East Affairs.
One possible replacement is Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington public policy center. She has been an outspoken advocate of the Iraq war and Israel's interests.