Richard Cheney, Vice President.
Brought in the Neocons.
• Opposed Powell's pick for Defense Sec. and proposed Rumsfeld (C.S. Monitor).
• Championed Wolfowitz.
• Picked Libby as his Chief of staff.
• Picked Wurmser as his Advisor on Middle Eastern Affairs.

Connections to Neocons:
1969-71, Office of Econ. Opportunity, assistant to Rumsfeld.
1974-75, White House, Deputy Chief of Staff under Rumsfeld.
1989-93, DOD with Wolfowitz, Libby. (Sec. of Defense)
1996-00, JINSA (Advisory Board Member) with
           Wolfowitz, Feith, Perle, Bolton
1997-??, PNAC (signer of "Principles") with
           Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Abrams, Bolton, Libby.

---

Lewis Libby, Chief of Staff to Vice President Cheney
• Told two reporters that covert CIA agent Valerie Plame worked for the CIA.
• Apparently part of a White-House-based plan of retribution/intimidation.
(This was aimed had her husband, Wilson who accurately reported Niger had not sold Uranium to Saddam. When the White house ignored his report, he went public.)
• Co-wrote with Wolfowitz a draft Defense Policy Guidance which argued for unilateral and pre-emptive wars. This paved the way for Iraq war.

Connection to Other Neocons
1989-00, DOD under Wolfowitz, under Cheney.
1997---, PNAC with Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bolton, Abrams.

---