This was in today's Washington Times:
A Washington-area defense contractor asked a co-worker
this week to help him locate somebody in the Defense
Department. She handed him a very large book of Pentagon
organization charts that their firm acquired in October.
"As you'd expect," writes the contractor, "the first page starts
with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, William Cohen, and
his key staff. Next is the office of the Asst. Secretary of
Defense for Legislative Affairs and her key staff.
"The third unit listed is found on the second page. It is the
office of the Asst. Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs,
Kenneth Bacon, and his key staff. His name caught my eye
since it has so often been in the papers recently. But my jaw
dropped when I noticed the first name after Bacon's:
'Confidential Assistant -- Monica Lewinsky.'
"Of course, you can read a lot into the job title, 'Confidential
Assistant for Public Affairs.' Besides the obvious oxymoron, it is
an appropriate double entendre if press reports are true ...
"What really burns me is the fact that a former White House
intern with no distinguishing qualifications or experience is the
27th name listed in a directory of our nation's defense
department, right along with the Deputy Secretaries, Directors,
and Special Assistants. It's both an insult to them and a joke on
all of us. And when you think about how she apparently got
there, it's downright disgusting." |
