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WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- The top National Security Council official in the war on terror resigned this week for what a NSC spokesman said were personal reasons, but intelligence sources say the move reflects concern that the looming war with Iraq is hurting the fight against terrorism. Rand Beers would not comment for this article, but he and several sources close to him are emphatic that the resignation was not a protest against an invasion of Iraq. But the same sources, and other current and former intelligence officials, described a broad consensus in the anti-terrorism and intelligence community...

Statement by the Deputy Press Secretary WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a transcript of a statement made by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice: National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice announced today the appointment of Mr. Rand Beers as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism, effective August 19, 2002. For the last four years, Mr. Beers served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. He has also held various positions in the State Department's Bureau of Political Military Affairs: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Affairs and Export Control,...

O'Dwyer's PR Daily >> printer friendly versionwww.odwyerpr.com May 1, 2002 BEERS ASKS CONGRESS FOR NEARLY $600M PROPAGANDA BUDGET   U.S. propaganda chief Charlotte Beers has asked a House subcommittee for a five percent hike in the public diplomacy budget to $595 million. The former J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather CEO said the U.S. has to "improve and magnify the ways in which we are addressing people of the world-not necessarily other world governments--but people." That outreach is especially targeted at "disaffected populations" in the Middle East and South Asia, where a poor perception of the U.S. "leads...