Wexler to the administration, but not as USAID chief
Update: The Miami Herald is now reporting that Wexler told Democratic leaders he will leave Congress to direct the Washington-based Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation, was established in 1989 by Slim Fast Foods Chairman S. Daniel Abraham and Utah Congressman Wayne Owens.
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1009/Wexler_will_resign_seat_to_head_Mideast_center.html
Democratic foreign policy hands said earlier today that Wexler, an important early Obama supporter in Jewish Democratic circles, was seeking to transition out of the Hill to private sector work where he could make more money and pay for children’s school tuitions, etc.
S. Danny Abraham is a long time associate and supporter of Wexler from his Palm Beach district, major Democratic party donor close to the Clintons, and dovish pro-Israel philanthropist. The Middle East center Wexler will head is revived from an earlier incarnation. Among its past associates, Clinton-era DAS Toni Verstandig and Dan Rothem.
In a speech earlier this month on Middle East policy at the Center for American Progress, Wexler strongly defended Obama’s Middle East peace push.