is quitting government and will return to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Ross, 62, worked Middle East issues, primarily the Arab-Israeli peace process, for Presidents Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, but was frozen out by the George W. Bush White House. In Iran, the Fars news agency said Ross’s resignation proved that US policy in the Middle East had failed. Ross originally agreed to serve Obama for two years, but stayed three in the end.