Bush names Pentagon general ‘war czar’
San Francisco Examiner
05/15/07
President Bush on Tuesday chose Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the Pentagon’s director of operations and a former leader of U.S. military forces in the Middle East, to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a war czar. ‘General Lute is a tremendously accomplished military leader who understands war and government and knows how to get things done,’ Bush said, capping a difficult search for new leadership in the wars that have defined his presidency...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Bush Selects His "War Czar"
The White House said Tuesday that President Bush ended his lengthy search for a so-called "war czar" to carry out Iraq and Afghanistan policy by offering the job to an active duty three-star Army general who said in his interview that he had been skeptical of the troop buildup in Iraq.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051607L.shtml
05/15/07
President Bush on Tuesday chose Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the Pentagon’s director of operations and a former leader of U.S. military forces in the Middle East, to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a war czar. ‘General Lute is a tremendously accomplished military leader who understands war and government and knows how to get things done,’ Bush said, capping a difficult search for new leadership in the wars that have defined his presidency...
http://tinyurl.com/2spbvr
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Bush Selects His "War Czar"
The White House said Tuesday that President Bush ended his lengthy search for a so-called "war czar" to carry out Iraq and Afghanistan policy by offering the job to an active duty three-star Army general who said in his interview that he had been skeptical of the troop buildup in Iraq.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051607L.shtml
rudkla - 16. Mai, 13:06
