Eric S. Edelman

Eric S. Edelman was appointed undersecretary of defense for policy by President George W. Bush in a recess appointment, August 9, 2005. Edelman can serve in that position until January 2007.

Edelman replaced Douglas Feith in the No. 3 position in the Pentagon. "Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee led by Carl Levin of Michigan, their ranking member, stalled Edelman's nomination to force the release of documents related to a specialized intelligence unit Feith set up before the conflict."

Profile
"Edelman is a career foreign service officer who served most recently as U.S. ambassador to Turkey. He was Vice President Dick Cheney's deputy national security officer from Feb. 2001 to June 2003 and ambassador to Finland for three years prior to that, according to the State Department. Edelman was an aide to Cheney when Cheney was secretary of defense under President George H.W. Bush.

"Edelman received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1972 and a doctorate in diplomatic history from Yale University in 1981. He was born in Baltimore and raised in New York and now lives in Virginia with his and four children, according to congressional testimony."

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Bush administration
 * Hillary Clinton: U.S. presidential election, 2008: See section On an Exit Strategy from Iraq.
 * Recess appointments made by President George W. Bush

Profiles

 * Eric Edelman, Right Web profile, accessed July 23, 2007.

External articles

 * "Edelman: DoD IG Report on PreWar Intel 'Egregious'. Memo Demonstrates Pentagon Damage Control Efforts," IraqSlogger.com, February 15, 2007.
 * Marcy Wheeler, "Oh, It Was Eric Edelman Lecturing Hillary??" The Next Hurrah Blog, July 19, 2007.
 * Fred Kaplan, "The Pentagon Insults Hillary Clinton. Big mistake," Slate, July 20, 2007.
 * Marcy Wheeler, "Edelman Says: 'Congressional Oversight Emboldens Our Enemies'," The Next Hurrah Blog, July 20, 2007.
 * Juan Cole, "The Last Neocon Attacks Hillary," Informed Comment, July 21, 2007.
 * Amanda Terkel, "Pres. Clinton: Edelman Is An ‘Ideological Holdover’ From Cheney’s Inner Circle," Think Progress, July 22, 2007.

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