John Philip Abizaid, MA Biography |
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Retired General in the United States Army |
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None Found to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
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No position found as of May 16, 2007
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Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
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Retired General, United States Army
Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), 2003-2007
Former Director of the Joint Staff
Former Director of Strategic Plans and Policy (J5) on the Joint Staff
Former Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Staff assignments include a tour with the United Nations as operations officer for Observer Group Lebanon and a tour in the Office of the Chief of the Staff, U.S. Army; European staff tours include assignments in both the Southern European Task Force and Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe
Former Deputy Commander (Forward), Combined Forces Command, U.S. Central Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Former Commander, 1st Infantry Division, the “Big Red One,” in Wurzburg which provided the first ground forces into Kosovo
66th Commandant, West Point |
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MA, Area Studies, Harvard University, 1980
U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1973
Attended Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced courses, Armed Forces Staff College, and a U.S. Army War College
Olmsted Scholar at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan |
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Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Former Assistant Division Commander, 1st Armored Division, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Former Brigade Commander, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division
Former Commander, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Battalion combat Team, Vicenza, Italy, during the Gulf crisis; deployed with the battalion to Kurdistan in Northern Iraq
Former Commander of Companies in the 2nd and 1st Ranger Battalions, leading a Ranger Rifle Company during the invasion of Grenada
Recipient, Defense Distinguished Service Medal (one Oak Leaf Cluster)
Recipient, Distinguished Service Medal
Recipient, Defense Superior Service Medal
Recipient, Legion of Merit (five Oak Leaf Clusters)
Recipient, Bronze Star |
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