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08-16-2006, 01:37 AM
Former Generals & National Security Officials Announce Opposition to Bush Policy on Iraq & Iran
8/15/2006 1:41:00 PM
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Timi Gerson or Alex Howe,
News Advisory:
-- Call on President to Change Course: Former Generals & National Security Officials Announce Opposition to Bush Policy on Iraq & Iran
-- Experts Say "Hard Line" Undermines National Security & Makes Americans Less Safe
-- First Response to Bush/Cheney/Rove Strategy of Attacking Opponents as "Soft on Terrorism."
At a telephone press conference on Thursday, August 17, two former U.S. generals and a former National Security Council member will release an open letter to President Bush signed by twenty-one of their colleagues calling for a dramatic change in U.S. policy on Iraq and Iran on grounds that the Administration's "hard line" has proven ineffective and counterproductive in safeguarding national security.
WHO: Gen.Joseph Hoar (USMC Ret.) (Bios below),
Lt. Gen.Robert Gard (USA Ret.),
Morton Halperin, former member National Security Council
WHAT: Telephone Press Conference
WHERE: RSVP required for call-in information. Email alex@fenton.com
WHEN: 11AM EDT, Thursday, Aug. 17
Bios below:
General Joseph P. Hoar (US Marine Corps, Retired) was former Commander in Chief of United States Central Command. While in command of CENTCOM, General Hoar oversaw a number of different operations in the region, including enforcement of the Persian Gulf and Red Sea naval embargo, and enforcement of the southern no-fly zone over Iraq. He retired from the Corps in 1994.
Lieutenant General Robert G. Gard, Jr. (USA, Ret.) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1950, then earned an MPA in 1956 and a Ph. D. in Political Economy and Government in 1961 - both from Harvard University. In addition to combat service in Korea and Vietnam, General Gard's military assignments included executive assistant to the Secretary of Defense, the first Director of Human Resources Development for the U.S. Army, and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He also served as President of the National Defense University and was a fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations. He retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant general in 1981.
Morton H. Halperin served in the Clinton , Nixon and Johnson administrations. In the Clinton administration, Halperin was Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State (1998-2001), the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy at the National Security Council (1994- 1996), and consultant to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1993). During the first nine months of the Nixon administration, Halperin was a Senior Staff member of the National Security Council with responsibility for National Security Planning (1969). In the Johnson Administration, Halperin worked in the Department of Defense where he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (international Security Affairs), responsible for political-military planning and arms control (1966-1969).
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8/15/2006 1:41:00 PM
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Timi Gerson or Alex Howe,
News Advisory:
-- Call on President to Change Course: Former Generals & National Security Officials Announce Opposition to Bush Policy on Iraq & Iran
-- Experts Say "Hard Line" Undermines National Security & Makes Americans Less Safe
-- First Response to Bush/Cheney/Rove Strategy of Attacking Opponents as "Soft on Terrorism."
At a telephone press conference on Thursday, August 17, two former U.S. generals and a former National Security Council member will release an open letter to President Bush signed by twenty-one of their colleagues calling for a dramatic change in U.S. policy on Iraq and Iran on grounds that the Administration's "hard line" has proven ineffective and counterproductive in safeguarding national security.
WHO: Gen.Joseph Hoar (USMC Ret.) (Bios below),
Lt. Gen.Robert Gard (USA Ret.),
Morton Halperin, former member National Security Council
WHAT: Telephone Press Conference
WHERE: RSVP required for call-in information. Email alex@fenton.com
WHEN: 11AM EDT, Thursday, Aug. 17
Bios below:
General Joseph P. Hoar (US Marine Corps, Retired) was former Commander in Chief of United States Central Command. While in command of CENTCOM, General Hoar oversaw a number of different operations in the region, including enforcement of the Persian Gulf and Red Sea naval embargo, and enforcement of the southern no-fly zone over Iraq. He retired from the Corps in 1994.
Lieutenant General Robert G. Gard, Jr. (USA, Ret.) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1950, then earned an MPA in 1956 and a Ph. D. in Political Economy and Government in 1961 - both from Harvard University. In addition to combat service in Korea and Vietnam, General Gard's military assignments included executive assistant to the Secretary of Defense, the first Director of Human Resources Development for the U.S. Army, and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He also served as President of the National Defense University and was a fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations. He retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant general in 1981.
Morton H. Halperin served in the Clinton , Nixon and Johnson administrations. In the Clinton administration, Halperin was Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State (1998-2001), the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy at the National Security Council (1994- 1996), and consultant to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1993). During the first nine months of the Nixon administration, Halperin was a Senior Staff member of the National Security Council with responsibility for National Security Planning (1969). In the Johnson Administration, Halperin worked in the Department of Defense where he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (international Security Affairs), responsible for political-military planning and arms control (1966-1969).
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