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AIM TV: General John Abizaid of US Central Command reveals policy on the Middle East |
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Saturday, 10 March 2007 |
John Philip Abizaid, born April 1, 1951, is a General in the United States Army and former Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), overseeing American military operations in a 27-country region, from the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, to South and Central Asia, covering much of the Middle East. CENTCOM oversees 250,000 US troops. Abizaid succeeded General Tommy Franks as Commander, USCENTCOM, on July 7, 2003, and was also elevated to the rank of 4-star general the same week. Previously, he was one of two deputy commanders of CENTCOM during the major combat phase of the Iraq war. Abizaid was born in Coleville, California, to a Christian Lebanese-American father and an American mother, is fluent in Arabic, and is the most senior U.S. military officer of direct Arab descent. He was raised mostly by his widowed father. He is married and has three children. He studied Arabic in Jordan, where he received special forces training. In this video, General John Abizaid explains the problems in the middle east to an audience at the Harvard JFK School of Government.
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