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| − | '''Barry Richard McCaffrey''' is president of [[BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC]], a consulting firm based in Arlington, Virginia. General McCaffrey served 32 years in the [[U.S. Army]] and retired as a four-star general. "After leaving government service, Barry McCaffrey served for five years (2001-2005) as the Bradley Distinguished Professor of International Security Studies at West Point", where he "continues as an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs." McCaffrey "serves as a [[national security]] and [[terrorism]] analyst for NBC News and writes a column on national security issues for ''Armed Forces Journal''." [http://www.mccaffreyassociates.com/pages/bio.htm][http://www.mccaffreyassociates.com/pdfs/Bio_long.pdf]
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| − | ==Profiles==
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| − | McCaffrey served as the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) from February 29, 1996, through January 7, 2001. He was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] and confirmed unanimously by the [[U.S. Senate]]. McCaffrey was also a member of the [[National Security Council]] and the [[President's Drug Policy Council]]. [http://www.elks.org/conv/con97/mccaffrey.htm][http://www.mccaffreyassociates.com/pdfs/Bio_long.pdf]
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| − | Just prior to appointment as drug czar, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the [[U.S. Southern Command]], coordinating national security operations in [[Latin America]]. [http://www.elks.org/conv/con97/mccaffrey.htm]
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| − | "During [[Operation Desert Storm]], he commanded the 24th Infantry Division and led the 200-kilometer 'left hook' attack into the Euphrates River Valley." [http://www.elks.org/conv/con97/mccaffrey.htm]
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| − | "McCaffrey served as the JCS assistant to General [[Colin Powell]]. While serving as the Director for Strategic Plans and Policy on the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], he supported the chairman as the principal JCS Staff advisor to the Secretary of State and to the U.S. Ambassador to the [[United Nations]]." [http://www.elks.org/conv/con97/mccaffrey.htm]
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| − | McCaffrey was awarded the Purple Heart three times and the Silver Star two times. [http://www.mccaffreyassociates.com/pages/bio.htm][http://www.nndb.com/people/983/000031890/]
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| − | McCaffrey was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (1960), the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (1964), earned his Masters of Arts in civil government from [[American University]], and attended the Harvard University National Security Program. He taught American government, [[national security]] studies and comparative politics at West Point. He is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and an associate member of the Inter-Amencan Dialogue. [http://www.mccaffreyassociates.com/pages/bio.htm][http://www.nndb.com/people/983/000031890/][http://www.elks.org/conv/con97/mccaffrey.htm]
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| − | ==Articles by Barry McCaffrey==
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| − | *[http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004361 "Rumsfeld in Denial. We won't win in Iraq unless we face reality,"] ''WSJ OpinionJournal'', November 30, 2003.
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| − | *With [[Morton Abramowitz]] and [[Richard Lugar]], [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,610008,00.html "What Should Bush Do?"] ''TIME Magazine'', April 19, 2004.
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| − | *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/12/AR2006121201392.html "Beyond Baker-Hamilton. One Approach to a Last Try at Stability in Iraq,"] ''Washington Post'', December 13, 2006.
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| − | ==Related SourceWatch Resources==
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| − | *[[Committee for the Liberation of Iraq]] (McCaffrey was a member,advocating for the US attack.)
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| − | *[[Exit Strategy from Iraq]]
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| − | *[[Frederick Kagan]]
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| − | *[[McCain doctrine]]
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| − | *[[Rumsfeld and the Generals]]
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| − | *[[stay the course]]
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| − | *[[John McCain: U.S. presidential election, 2008]]
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| − | *[[war in Iraq]]
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| − | *[[war on drugs]]
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | ===Profiles===
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| − | *[http://www.mccaffreyassociates.com/pages/bio.htm Profile: General McCaffrey], BR McCaffrey Associates LLC; [http://www.mccaffreyassociates.com/pages/documents/ShortBio101806.pdf short bio] / [http://www.mccaffreyassociates.com/pdfs/Bio_long.pdf long bio].
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| − | *[http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/speakers/Speaker.cfm?SpeakerID=3145 Profile: Barry McCaffrey], WashingtonSpeakersBureau. Click on link for full bio.
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| − | *[http://www.nndb.com/people/983/000031890/ Profile: Barry McCaffrey], NNDB.com.
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| − | *[http://www.nationalinfantryfoundation.org/advisor_maccaffrey.shtml Profile: Barry McCaffrey], Board of Advisors, National Infantry Foundation.
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| − | *[http://www.elks.org/conv/con97/mccaffrey.htm Speaker's Biography: Biography of Barry R. McCaffrey], Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Elks National Convention in Chicago, 1997.
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey Barry McCaffrey] in the ''Wikipedia''.
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| − | ===Reports===
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| − | *[http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/prod_images/pdfs/McCaffreyBarry.VisitToGuantanamo.06.06.pdf Memorandum: Visit to Guantanamo], June 2006.
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| − | ===Articles & Commentary about Barry McCaffrey===
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| − | *Alexander Tabborak, [http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=324 "Barry McCaffrey Should Resign,"] ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'' ([[Independent Institute]]), January 20, 2000.
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| − | *Dennis Hans, [http://www.commondreams.org/views/051700-105.htm "McCaffrey on 'Weed': Drug Czar’s 1998 Washington Post Op Ed Implied - On No Apparent Evidence - Several NBA Players Had Pot 'Addiction',"] ''The Black World Today'' (''Common Dreams''), May 14, 2000.
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| − | *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/750285.stm "General hits at Gulf 'insults',"] BBC, May 16, 2000.
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| − | *[[Seymour Hersh]], [http://www.polyconomics.com/sy.html "Overwhelming Force. What happened in the final days of the Gulf War?"] ''The New Yorker'', May 22, 2000.
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| − | *Arianna Huffington, [http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/mccaffrey/ "Bye-bye, Barry McCaffrey. Another drug czar leaves a failed tenure in office, declaring victory with a mess of skewed statistics,"] ''Salon'', October 20, 2000.
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| − | *Doug Casey, [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=22485 "Me and Barry McCaffrey,"] ''[[WorldNetDaily]]'', April 19, 2001.
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| − | *Michael Moran, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3087296/ "Revenge of the ex-generals. Pummeled by administration counter-fire, war time analysts turned out to be right on target,"] MSNBC, September 25, 2003.
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| − | *SusanUnPC, [http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/05/iraq_is_abject_.html "'Iraq is abject misery': Gen. Barry McCaffrey,"] ''No Quarter'' Blog, May 31, 2006.
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| − | *Jeff Cohen, [http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0804-30.htm "Being a TV Expert Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry,"] ''Common Dreams'', August 4, 2006.
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| − | *John Henke, [http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=2350 "General Barry McCaffrey,"] ''QandO Blog'', August 5, 2005.
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| − | *[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/28/135415.shtml "Gen. Barry McCaffrey: Biden's Iraq Troop Numbers Bogus,"] ''[[NewsMax]]'', August 28, 2005.
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| − | *Dahr Jamail, [http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092606A.shtml "A Broken, De-Humanized Military in Iraq,"] ''truthout'', September 26, 2006.
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| − | *Dick Foster, [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5040782,00.html "General: U.S. Army in danger. Equipment, manpower shortages put the nation in 'strategic peril,' he says,"] ''Rocky Mountain News'', October 4, 2006.
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| − | *John Graham, [http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121906S.shtml "Iraq Is Vietnam - And You'd Better Believe It,"] ''truthout'', December 19, 2006.
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| − | *Sidney Blumenthal, [http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/20/bush_war/ Opinion: "Behind Bush's 'new way forward'. A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war,"] ''Salon'', December 20, 2006.
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| − | *Glenn Greenwald, [http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/30/mccaffrey/ "The ongoing disgrace of NBC News and Brian Williams,"] Salon, November 30, 2008.
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