in late 2007, glassman left "the american" to serve as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy in the george w. bush administration; he was succeeded as editor-in-chief by nick schulz, who had served as a senior editor of the young magazine since its founding; the first issue edited by schulz was labeled march/april 2008. (glassman and schulz had previously collaborated on tcs daily.) schulz is also the dewitt wallace fellow at aei.