DoD announces Edelman as the new undersecretary of defense for policy.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 August 2005-US DOD: DoD announces Edelman as the new undersecretary of defense for policy(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09082005 The Department of Defense announced today that Eric Edelman has taken over the duties as the under secretary of defense for policy. Edelman, who served as ambassador to the Republic of Turkey from July 2003 to June 2005, was nominated to be the Pentagon's policy chief by President Bush on May 16, 2005.

The president signed the recess appointment today. Edelman was principal deputy assistant to the vice president for national security affairs from February 2001 to June 2003. Prior to being assigned to the Office of the Vice President, he was ambassador to the Republic of Finland, 1998-2001. From June...