Of Feith's departure and potential successor, Chris Nelson of the Nelson Report writes: "Whether this opens the way for the highly respected Richard Lawless now bears watching, if not also prayer." Lawless, a former CIA operations officer, currently serves as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs. He is also supposedly a close Armitage chum. And has long business ties to Jeb Bush.

Posted by Laura at January 27, 2005 01:10 PM