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Conservative commentator David Brooks has said that, in his opinion, Perle's influence in the Bush administration is exaggerated.

In a 2004 New York Times article, Brooks wrote that ; " There have been hundreds of references ... to Richard Perle's insidious power over administration policy, but I've been told by senior administration officials that he has had no significant meetings with Bush or Cheney since they assumed office.

If he's shaping their decisions, he must be microwaving his ideas into their fillings ".