ARAB-US RELATIONS - March 27 - Perle Resigns As Head Of Defence Policy Board.(Richard Perle)(Brief Article)

Richard Perle, the influential Pentagon adviser and a staunch advocate of the war on Iraq, steps down as Chairman of Defence Policy Board - a key advisory body to the Defence Department - amidst mounting criticism that his outside business dealings posed a conflict of interest. (Perle was appointed by Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2001 to chair the Defence Policy Board, a group of private-sector officials who advise the Pentagon, and is seen as the intellectual mentor of many of the department's senior civilian leaders). Perle will remain a board member. He announced that he is ending his consultancy work with Global Crossing, the bankrupt telecommunications company, …