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U.S. Army Lieutenant General '''Douglas E. Lute''' was confirmed June 28, 2007, by the [[U.S. Senate]] to serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan.<ref>[http://www.whitehouserawstory.govcom/news/releases/2007/05afp/20070515-10Senate_confirms_Bush_war_czar_06282007.html named"Senate confirms Bush war czar ,"] May 15Agence France Presse (''The Raw Story''), June 28, 2007, .</ref> Named for the position by President [[George W. Bush]] as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan. In that positionon May 15, 2007, Lute is "charged with coordinating the efforts of the Executive Branch to support our commanders and senior diplomats on the ground in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]],." the <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070515-10.html White House announcement statednews release], May 15, 2007.</ref>
Lute, who will act as Bush's "pointman", "ending a frustrated search for a 'war czar'," will serve under National Security Adviser [[Stephen J. Hadley]], "who said he wanted somebody who would focus full time on Iraq and Afghanistan, doing what he would do if he had the time to do it." [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21740520-1702,00.html]
In a February 14, 2006, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110007962 interview] with the ''Wall Street Journal'', Lute cited the [[Quadrennial Defense Review]], "which reveals long-term military planning, which shows a top brass [Lute] worried about the ideology of hate preached by imams across the Islamic world. This ideology, though twisted, is somewhat coherent and calls for using [[terrorism]] to create a 'caliphate,' a unified Islamic state, stretching from Afghanistan and [[Iran]] all the way to Spain and including most of North Africa. For a lack of a better term, some American military planners call this ideology 'bin Ladenism'," Lute said.
Lute "noted that bin Ladenism has deep roots in many Islamic countries and that bin Laden isn't the only [[terrorist]] leader trying to appeal to populations oppressed by dictators. There are some 18 terrorist organizations that are part of what the military calls al Qaeda and Affiliated Movement. The military, he said, even has an acronym for it: AQAM. :Note: The [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22al+Qaeda+and+Affiliated+Movement%22&btnG=Search&hl=en only online reference to "al Qaeda and Affiliated Movement" (AQAM)] comes from this reference by Lute.
"To counter bin Ladenism, the military is planning a two-stage war. The first is being fought in open battles in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere and looks a lot like the kind of war most Americans assumed we'd wage on al Qaeda and terror-sponsoring states after the [[September 11, 2001|Sept. 11 attacks]]. The second stage is what senior military planners--including [Secretary of Defense] Rumsfeld--call 'the Long War.' It involves countering one set of ideas with another," Lute said. [http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110007962]
"In June 2004, he began more than two years as Director of Operations (J-3) at US Central Command during which he oversaw combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as other operations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the [[Horn of Africa]]. He assumed duties as Director of Operations, the Joint Staff, in September 2006." [http://www.jcs.mil/bios/bio_lute.html]
==Published WorksResources and articles==*===[http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/compl[Operation Iraqi Freedom/2.htm "Improving National Capacity to Respond to Complex Emergencies. The U.S. Experience,"Related SourceWatch Resources|Related SourceWatch articles] A Report to the [[Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict]], [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]], April 1988.===
==[[Operation Iraqi Freedom/Related SourceWatch Resources|Related SourceWatch Resources]]=References===<references/>
==External Links=====ProfilesPublished Works===*[http://wwwwwics.jcssi.mil/bios/bio_lute.html Biography: Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, Director for Operations, J-3], Joint Staff General/Flag Officers, Joint Chiefs of Staff.*[http://www.nndb.com/people/764/000135359/ Douglas Lute], NNDB.com.*[http:edu/subsites/ocf.gospelcom.netccpdc/pubs/leadership_demands.php Member: "Analyst Douglas Lute of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict,"] Officer's Christian Fellowship. ===Articles & Commentary=======2002====*[http://www.nato.int/kfor/docu/inside/2002/ik_020523b.htm "Transfer of authority MNB East,"] [[NATO]], May 21, 2002.*[http://www.unmikonline.org/press/2002/mon/julycompl/lmm040702.htm#2 "Gen. Lute: Troop reductions are a sign of progress in Kosovo,"] UNMIK Online, July 4, 2002. ====2003====*2LT Veronica J. Saffo, [http://www.nato.int/kfor/chronicle/2002/chronicle_19/08.htm "New Commanders: MNB East ...,"] NATO, January 2, 2003. ====2005====*[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0501/28/se.01.html Transcript: CNN Live/Event Special: "Iraq Votes,"] hosted by Anderson Cooper, CNN, January 28, 2005.*[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0502/09/pzn.01.html Transcript: ''PAULA ZAHN NOW''], CNN: "Iraq Exit Strategy?", February 9, 2005.*Peter Spiegel, [http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?page=4&queryText=%22Maj+Gen%22&id=050824007981 "Pentagon plans for 'long war' on terror,"] ''Financial Times'', August 24, 2005.*Peter Spiegel and Demetri Sevastopulo, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9f81fef2-14de-11da-9df1-00000e2511c8.html "US general sees significant withdrawal in Iraq,"] ''Financial Times'', August 24, 2005.*[http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/24/africa/web.0824iraqA.php "Bold guerrilla attacks raise doubts over Iraqi forces,"] Reuters (''International Herald Tribune''), August 24, 2005.*Richard Norton-Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,1555838,00.html?gusrc=rss "Al-Qaida will retreat Improving National Capacity to Africa, says general,"] ''The Guardian'' (UK), August 25, 2005.*Peter Spiegel, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e4df353a-1503-11da-9df1-00000e2511c8.html "Pentagon plans for 'long war' on terror,"] ''Financial Times'', August 25, 2005.*Michael Evans, [http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/1011 "Internet websites used Respond to plan terror attacksComplex Emergencies. Al-Qaeda leader may flee to Africa,"] ''IsraelNationalNews.com'' (MilitantIslamMonitor.org), August 25, 2005.*Steve Soto, [http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/005271.php "Bush And CENTCOM Continue To Send Mixed Messages,"] ''The Left Coaster'', August 25, 2005.*Lance Knobel, [http://www.davosnewbies.com/2005/08/25/ft-off-the-rails/ "FT Off the Rails,"] ''Davos Newbies'' Blog, August 25, 2005.*James Livingston, [http://politicsandletters.com/wp2/?p=36 "Exit Strategies,"] ''Politics and Letters'' Blog, August 25, 2005.*Gordon Corera, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4186766.stm "Iraqi charter and the insurgency,"] BBC News, August 26, 2005.*[http://securingamerica.com/meetthepress/2005-08-28 Transcript: ''Meet the Press''], NBC (SecuringAmerica.com), August 28, 2005.*Rowan Scarborough, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050901-114113-4079r.htm "U.S. teams stay embedded in Iraqi combat unitsExperience,"] ''Washington Times'', September 2, 2005.*[[William Kristol]], [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0RMQ/is_47_10/ai_n15397364 "The war presidency,"] ''The Weekly Standard'' (FindArticles.com), September 5, 2005.*Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough, [http://www.gertzfile.com/gertzfile/ring090905.html "Afghan connection,"] ''Inside A Report to the Ring'', September 9, 2005.*[http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=394 "Washington's Long War and its Strategy in the Horn of Africa,"] PINR, November 9, 2005.*Michael A. Weinstein, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GK11Aa01.html "A long US march in Africa,"] ''Asia Times'', November 11, 2005.*Peter Spiegel, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8611f5ec-6210-11da-8470-0000779e2340.html "'Oil spot' replaces 'whack-a-mole' strategy,"] ''Financial Times'', December 1, 2005. ====2006====*[http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:dBvThDb92yUJ:www.sais-jhu.edu/insider/pdf/2006_articles/mclaughlin_crs_012006.pdf+%22Douglas+Lute%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us "Discussion About the War Carnegie Commission on Terrorism,"] Guests: [[Brian RossPreventing Deadly Conflict]], Douglas Lute, [[John McLaughlin]], ''The Charlie Rose Show'', January 20, 2006.*Brendan Miniter, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110007962 "'Bin Ladenism'. The Pentagon's vision for the 'Long War',"] ''WSJ OpinionJournal'', February 14, 2006.*Mike, [http://www.topdog08.com/2006/02/breeding_bin_la.html "Breeding Bin Ladenism, Losing the Long War,"] ''TOPDOG08'' Blog, February 20, 2006.*[[J. Peter Pham]], [http://worlddefensereview.com/pham042006.shtml "Strategic Interests,"Carnegie Corporation of New York] ''World Defense Review'', April 20, 2006.*William M. Arkin, [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/04/pirates_just_what_pakistan_nee.html "Pirates! Just what Pakistan Needs,"] ''Early Warning'' / ''Washington Post'', April 26, 2006.*[http://www.ausa.org/webpub/DeptGovAffairs.nsf/byid/JRAY-6VMMUD "Legislative News,"] AUSA, November 17, 2006. Scroll down to "AUSA Hosts Several key Committee Staffers".*Peter Buxbaum, [http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/29734-1.html "To win against terrorism, DOD networks must be innovative,"] ''Washington Technology'', November 17, 2006.*[http://defense.iwpnewsstand.com/insider.asp?issue=11212006 "Straight Talk,"] ''The Inside Defense'' Newstand, November 21, 20061988.
====2007====*Greg Grant, [http://www.govexec.com/features/0107-01/0107-01s1.htm "Lessons Not Learned. Produced to answer distress calls from commanders in Iraq, the Army's new counterinsurgency manual fails to map a response to 21st century enemies,"] GovExec.com, January 1, 2007.*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/02/mil-070209-dod01.htm Transcript: "DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kimmitt from the Pentagon,"] U.S. Department of Defense (GlobalSecurity.org), February 9, 2007.*[http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=February&x=20070209164253sjhtrop0.8450891 "Baghdad Security Unfolds with a Unified Iraqi Command Structure. U.S. officials say violence must be quelled to provide political momentum,"] U.S. Department of State, February 9, 2007.*Louise Roug, [http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/latimes210.htm "Troop 'surge' has yet to materialize in Iraq,"] ''Los Angeles Times'', February 9, 2007.*Dean Yates, [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=223622007 "Iraq must be stabilised or face full civil war, warns new US military chief,"] ''Scotland on Sunday'', February 11, 2007.*[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/external links|External articles/2007/02/25/crimson_and_camouflage/ Editorial: "Crimson and camouflage,"] ''Boston Globe'', February 25, 2007.*Lolita C. Baldor, [http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?itemid=5294 "US Forces Routinely Pursue Taliban into Pakistan,"] Associated Press (EnvironmentalistsAgainstWar), March 1, 2007. *[http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_expects_stronger_Taliban_spring__03012007.html "US expects stronger Taliban spring offensive,"] Agence France Presse (''The Raw Story''), March 1, 2007.*Chidanand Rajghatta, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1712591.cms "US goes public with hot pursuit in Pak,"] ''Times of India'', March 2, 2007.*[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/03/04/2003350917 "NATO 1,000 troops short in Afghanistan. HELP WANTED: US General John Craddock said in addition to increasing its forces, NATO could not succeed without cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan,"] Associated Press (''Taipei Times''), March 4, 2007.*[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-03-02-afghan-troops_x.htm "Combat, reconstruction troops still lacking for Afghanistan as new offensive looms,"] ''USA TODAY'', March 4, 2007.*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070515-10.html Fact Sheet: Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute: Experience and Authority], Office of the White House Press Secretary, May 15, 2007.*Steve Holland, [http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWAT00750220070515 "Bush picks Gen. Lute as 'war czar' for Iraq,"] Reuters, May 15, 2007.*Jim Mannion, [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21740520-1702,00.html "Bush picks general as 'war czar',"] ''news.com.au'', May 15, 2007.*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6660073.stm "US names general to be 'war tsar',"] BBC News, May 15, 2007.*Gary Graca, [http://apps.michigandaily.com/blogs/thepodium/?p=283 "The worst job in America,"] ''The Podium'' Blog/''Michigan Daily'', May 15, 2007.*Donna Miles, [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46032 "Bush Names Lute to New Post to Support Iraq, Afghanistan Ops,"] Armed Forces Press Service, May 16, 2007.*Peter Baker and Robin Wright, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051501612_pf.html "Bush Taps Skeptic of Buildup as 'War Czar'. Lt. Gen. Lute Accepts Position Others Spurned,"] ''Washington Post'', May 16, 2007.*[http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/16/will-war-czar-lack-clout/ "Will War Czar lack 'clout'?"] ''Think Progress'', May 16, 2007.*Barney Porter, [http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2007/s1924679.htm "White House creates new job to improve conflict co-ordination,"] ''The World Today''/ABC News (Australia), May 16, 2007.*Michael J.W. Stickings, [http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/military/12868/all-hail-douglas-lute/ "All hail Douglas Lute,"] ''The Moderate Voice''; [http://the-reaction.blogspot.com/2007/05/all-hail-douglas-lute.html ''The Reaction'' Blogspot], May 16, 2007.*Andrew Gray, [http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3181078 "U.S. war czar's big battles will be bureaucratic,"] Reuters (ABC News), May 16, 2007.*James S. Robbins, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/16/opinion/main2812866.shtml "Hardly A Czar. Douglas Lute Has No Command, But He Will Have The Power Of Persuasion,"] ''National Review'' (CBS News), May 16, 2007.*Matt Corley, [http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/petraeus-pr-flack/ "White House Uses Gen. Petraeus As PR Flack To Promote War Czar,"] ''Think Progress'', May 17, 2007.*[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2003711437_czared18.html Editorial: "Gen. Fix-it or Gen. Exit?"] ''Seattle Times'', May 18, 2007.
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