Today is the final day in office for “fire-breathing liberal” U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler. On Monday he begins his job as head of the nonprofit Center For Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation, a post in which Wexler says he’ll try to convince wary Israelis to support President Obama’s policies in the region.

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BOCA RATON — Peace in the Middle East can’t wait — and neither can he — U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler said this morning in explaining his decision to resign in the middle of his seventh term in Congress.

The Boca Raton Democrat and self-described “fire-breathing liberal” confirmed he will resign in January to become president of the nonprofit Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation.

Wexler, 48, said he decided to take the post after discussions over the last two months with the center’s chairman, Slim-Fast founder and major Democratic donor S. Daniel Abraham of Palm Beach.

Wexler’s early support of Barack Obama’s presidential bid fueled speculation he might be in line for an Obama administration appointment. But Wexler said he never had any serious talks about such a job.

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