Crowley quits over Manning comments US state department spokesman resigns after calling Pentagon 'stupid' over treatment of soldier accused over WikiLeaks. Last Modified: 13 Mar 2011 18:02 GMT
US state department spokesman PJ Crowley has resigned from his post following controversial comments involving the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. The news on Sunday came two days after Crowley was reported to have criticised the Pentagon's treatment of detained US soldier Bradley Manning. Crowley said the defence department's handling of Manning, who is accused of leaking confidential US documents to WikiLeaks, was "stupid" and "counterproductive". In a statement issued on Sunday, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said she had accepted Crowley's resignation. "It is with regret that I have accepted the resignation of Philip J. Crowley as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. "PJ has served our nation with distinction for more than three decades, in uniform and as a civilian. His service to country is motivated by a deep devotion to public policy and public diplomacy, and I wish him the very best." Clinton named principal deputy assistant secretary Michael Hammer to replace Crowley temporarily ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
