Robert Blackwill, top Bush adviser on Iraq, to resign: media
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Robert Blackwill, one of President George W. Bush's top advisers on Iraq, will soon resign, US media reported.
His resignation would come with elections in Iraq looming in January and the US administration facing a chaotic outlook on the ground, where 140,000 US troops are now deployed. US and Iraqi forces were readying Saturday to launch an assault on Fallujah, a rebel bastion.
According to The Washington Post and The New York Times,
Blackwill told Rice months ago that he did not plan to remain in the US administration after the November 2 presidential vote if Bush won re-election. The White House did not immediately confirm the reports.
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Another sign that the rationalists have lost out and that Rice has been utterly coopted.