Wolfowitz to take No. 2 Pentagon post<\/p>\n
By Charles Aldinger<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Paul Wolfowitz, President George W.
\nBush's selection for the No. 2 job at the Pentagon, has held
\nsenior posts at the U.S. Defense and State departments and long
\nbeen an intellectual conservative voice in U.S. arms and national
\nsecurity issues.<\/p>\n
Wolfowitz is an expert on East Asia and the Middle East who
\nserved as U.S. ambassador to Indonesia and then at the Pentagon
\nduring the 1991 Gulf War in the administration of President
\nGeorge Bush.<\/p>\n
An energetic, quiet New York native and prolific writer on
\nforeign policy issues, Wolfowitz has since 1994 headed the
\nprivate Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at
\nJohns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n
\"Paul is a very able and likable man who knows Asia and the
\nMiddle East. He's done work on a wide range of issues in
\nWashington and is respected by Democrats and Republicans,\" said a
\nsenior Pentagon official, who asked not to be identified.<\/p>\n
But some experts said Wolfowitz, who served as undersecretary
\nof defense for policy from 1989 to 1993 under Bush, may have
\nburned some bridges with Bush supporters after leaving that
\noffice.<\/p>\n
In subsequent speeches and articles, he questioned the U.S.
\ndecision not to remove Iraq's President Saddam Hussein from power
\nas the Gulf War ended.<\/p>\n
He also advocated supplying U.S. arms to Iraqi dissidents and
\nsetting up a safe haven for them in southern Iraq, perhaps with
\nprotection from the U.S. military.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon job under then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney made
\nWolfowitz the principal civilian official responsible for
\nstrategy, plans and policy. And Wolfowitz said he made it known
\nat the time Washington was missing an opportunity to remove
\nSaddam after a crushing military defeat.<\/p>\n
Wolfowitz is admired for a crisp writing style in numerous
\narticles on policy and strategy, including a notable 1983
\npublication on preserving peace in the nuclear age.<\/p>\n
Wolfowitz was U.S. ambassador to Indonesia from 1986 to 1989
\nafter serving for five years as assistant secretary of state for
\nEast Asian and Pacific affairs.<\/p>\n
He served as deputy assistant defense secretary for regional
\nprograms from 1977 to 1980. Before that he held a variety of
\nsenior positions in the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,
\nincluding assistant to the director for strategic arms limitation
\ntalks.<\/p>\n
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz was born in New York on Dec. 22, 1943,
\nand graduated from Cornell University. He received master's and
\ndoctorate degrees in political science and economics from the
\nUniversity of Chicago.<\/p>\n
Before joining government service, he taught at Yale and at
\nthe National War College in Washington.<\/p>\n
Wolfowitz is divorced and has two daughters and a son.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/wolfowitz-to-take-no-2-pentagon-post-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }