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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Veteran diplomat Dennis B. Ross, special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia, will leave the White House in December, The New York Times reported.
Ross, director of policy planning at the State Department under President George H.W. Bush and special Middle East coordinator for President Clinton, joined the Obama administration as a senior State Department adviser in February 2009 and moved to the National Security Council four months later.
Speaking at a lunch with Jewish leaders, Ross said he told the White House he promised his wife he'd leave government after two years.
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell stepped down as Obama's special Middle East Envoy in May. The departure of Ross leaves the administration with a thin team in the region at a time of major upheaval and a fractured peace process, the Times said.
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