UK Defense Secretary Quits

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UK Defense Secretary Liam Fox has resigned over his close friendship with Adam Werritty, a businessman who was revealed this week to have enjoyed access to “the heart of government and British defense strategy,” the Guardian reports.

Fox will likely be replaced by transportation secretary Philip Hammond.

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