Flight of the Neocons

The Washington Post is reporting that Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz may be joining fellow neoconservative Undersecretary of State John Bolton, who was reported yesterday to be leaving the Bush Administration. The Pentagon has not confirmed Wolfowitz's departure from the Administration, or even from his position:

"As far as I know" [says Pentagon spokesman Lawrence T. Di Rita], "he has no plans to leave his job. But I also know that everybody -- the president, the vice president, Secretary Rumsfeld, a whole lot of other people in this administration -- think he's an enormous talent. So I wouldn't be surprised, particularly at this point in time where there's movement in the administration, if people are scratching their heads and thinking if there's someplace else his talents could be applied."

With U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick tipped to be Rice's Deputy at the Department of State, it looks like the next few weeks will be interesting as far as foreign policy appointments go.