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Ex-congresswoman named to replace Perle as chair of Pentagon board
WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003
 US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday named a former congresswoman to replace Richard Perle as chair of the Defense Policy Board, an influential Pentagon advisory group.

Tillie Fowler, the new chair, is a former representative from Florida who served on the House Armed Services Committee.

Perle, a leading advocate of the war in Iraq, resigned as chairman in March following reports he had been retained by a bankrupt communications company, Global Crossings, to lobby the Pentagon for approval to sell its assets to a Hong Kong company with ties to China.

Despite his resignation, Perle remains a member of the board, which advises Rumsfeld and other top Pentagon officials on a wide range of policy issues.

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