President Bush has avoided doling out any responsibility for the mess in Iraq -- Don Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz kept their positions, Condi Rice was promoted, George Tenet was rewarded with the highest honor in the nation -- but it appears as though one member of the administration is finally being kicked out of office: Douglas Feith. Here's the Financial Times' take:

Douglas Feith, the controversial undersecretary for policy responsible for postwar planning in Iraq, announced on Wednesday that he would leave his position this summer.

Commenting on Mr Feith’s planned resignation, Donald Rumsfeld, defence secretary, said on Wednesday, “Regretfully, he has decided to depart and he will be missed...I hope he will stay until an appropriate replacement is found.”

Mr Feith and Paul Wolfowitz, the number two man at the Pentagon, are both controversial advocates of the Iraq war.

If Mr Wolfowitz resigns or moves, one candidate touted as a replacement is Stephen Cambone, undersecretary for intelligence. Mr Cambone has been instrumental in pushing Mr Rumsfeld’s goal of transforming the military.

Perhaps it's time for the entire civilian team at the Pentagon to move on.