Posted on 06/28/2002 10:56:04 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:55:02 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Retired Gen. Wayne A. Downing, who resigned this week as President Bush's top anti-terrorism adviser, was frustrated with an inability to initiate policies quickly from his National Security Council post.
Administration sources said the hard-charging Gen. Downing proposed that the Defense Department create special hostage-rescue teams in the event al Qaeda terrorists begin taking Americans prisoner. But, said two senior officials, the Pentagon balked at it and other proposals.
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