| Name:
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John Philip Abizaid
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| Title:
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Retired General, United States Army
Former Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM)
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| Position: |
No position found
to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
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| Reasoning: |
No position found (as of 5/16/07)
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Credibility/
Ranking: |
 Experts
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Council Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the US-Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement: |
- Retired General, United States Army
- 2003-2007 - Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM)
- 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
- 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
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| Education: |
- M.A., 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
| Relevant Affiliations/Honors: |
- Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Former Olmsted Scholar at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan
Awards received:
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal (one Oak Leaf Cluster)
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legion of Merit (five Oak Leaf Clusters)
- Bronze Star
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| Contact Info: |
Phone: None listed
FAX: None listed
E-Mail: None listed
Web Site: www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/CENTCOM%20Leadership/GeneralJohnAbizaid.aspx
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| Other: |
Select publications:
- "Great Power Diplomacy and the Bosnian Crisis 1908/09," U.S. Military Academy, 1973
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