The State Department spokesman, PJ Crowley, resigned after it was reported that Crowley was described as "stupid" the Pentagon's treatment of a U.S. soldier accused of leaking secret documents that appeared on the website Wikileaks Department reported Sunday. "I have accepted with regret the resignation of Philip J.
Crowley as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs," said Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in a statement. "Given the impact of my comments, which I take full responsibility, I have submitted my resignation as Secretary of Public Affairs and State Department spokesman," Crowley said in the statement.
A BBC correspondent reported that Crowley told a small group at a University of Massachusetts that the treatment they are receiving the former intelligence analyst Bradley Manning in prison "is ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid." Bradley's lawyer in early March reported that the soldier is receiving treatment abuse and 'inappropriate' in the military prison in Quantico, Virginia.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said he accepted with regret the resignation of his spokesman, who, according to several U.S. media and journalists covering the information from the Department of State has not taken too well. The head of the government's foreign policy praised Barack Obama, despite the "deep devotion to public policy and public diplomacy" of Crowley, and highlighted the service he has rendered with "distinction" to the United States over more than three decades in military uniform and civilian.
"I wish him well," said Clinton, who announced that he was until recently spokesman for the National Security Council, Mike Hammer, will serve in an interim time. Crowley was a respected spokesman for the National Security Council under former President Bill Clinton, was appointed by the chief U.S.
diplomat State Department spokesman, which took office on May 26, 2009. But recently, Obama moved to Mike Hammer to the State Department, with the plan, according to the American press, "that would replace Crowley, but the change has been accelerated by the statements made so far said. 
Crowley as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs," said Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in a statement. "Given the impact of my comments, which I take full responsibility, I have submitted my resignation as Secretary of Public Affairs and State Department spokesman," Crowley said in the statement.
A BBC correspondent reported that Crowley told a small group at a University of Massachusetts that the treatment they are receiving the former intelligence analyst Bradley Manning in prison "is ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid." Bradley's lawyer in early March reported that the soldier is receiving treatment abuse and 'inappropriate' in the military prison in Quantico, Virginia.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said he accepted with regret the resignation of his spokesman, who, according to several U.S. media and journalists covering the information from the Department of State has not taken too well. The head of the government's foreign policy praised Barack Obama, despite the "deep devotion to public policy and public diplomacy" of Crowley, and highlighted the service he has rendered with "distinction" to the United States over more than three decades in military uniform and civilian.
"I wish him well," said Clinton, who announced that he was until recently spokesman for the National Security Council, Mike Hammer, will serve in an interim time. Crowley was a respected spokesman for the National Security Council under former President Bill Clinton, was appointed by the chief U.S.
diplomat State Department spokesman, which took office on May 26, 2009. But recently, Obama moved to Mike Hammer to the State Department, with the plan, according to the American press, "that would replace Crowley, but the change has been accelerated by the statements made so far said.
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