Controversial Pentagon Office Gets A Makeover (OSP)

[Rose Siding]

Administration changes name, focus of Iraqi war planning group




Washington - A controversial Pentagon office that included hard-liners who pushed for regime change in Iraq has gotten a bureaucratic make-over, with a name change and a slightly smaller staff, amid complaints by critics inside and outside the Bush administration that the office had overstepped its bounds.

The Office of Special Plans, which reported to Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith, had been created as a separate office and expanded in October 2002 to deal with defense policy planning for the build-up to the Iraq war and postwar reconstruction. It grew from four people to 15 at its peak.

But last month, Pentagon officials decided the office should revert to its original name, the Northern Gulf Affairs office, and now say that its staff will be about 12. The name change reflects the office's broader mission of dealing with northern Persian Gulf states now that the major combat operations in Iraq are over, senior Defense Department officials said yesterday.

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[proud patriot]

1. How conveinent

:mad: To to to to MUCH

[Rose Siding]

2. They have to slap some lipstick...

on that pig!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. thanks for the heads up...NGA office a.k.a. OSP...i will be watching

[underpants]

4. MAn I hope they have money in their budget for all the new rubber stamps

they are going to need.

[DagmarK]

5. That's really quite scary......name to reflect a broader focus......

"The name change reflects the office's broader mission of dealing with northern Persian Gulf states now that the major combat operations in Iraq are over,"

As in.......next stop Iran, Syria....and perhaps Jordan (unless Jordan heeded the message of having its embassy blown up and now back in lock step)