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Article: Bush Aide to Leave No. 2 National Security Post
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 5, 2007
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Deputy national security adviser J.D. Crouch II, who helped
spearhead the recent policy review that led President Bush to send
more U.S. troops to Iraq, announced yesterday that he will step down
early next month, becoming the latest key aide to depart the White
House at a critical juncture.
Crouch, the No. 2 official at the National Security Council, has
been a pivotal figure on a series of difficult issues, including
Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran and the detention policy for
terrorism suspects. And it was his interagency group meeting at the
White House complex for many weeks last winter that resulted in the
ongoing troop buildup in Iraq, which has become the defining
decision of the ...