Douglas Lute/external links

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Profiles

 * Biography: Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff General/Flag Officers, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
 * Douglas Lute, NNDB.com.
 * Member: "Analyst Douglas Lute of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict," Officer's Christian Fellowship.

2002

 * "Transfer of authority MNB East," NATO, May 21, 2002.
 * "Gen. Lute: Troop reductions are a sign of progress in Kosovo," UNMIK Online, July 4, 2002.

2003

 * 2LT Veronica J. Saffo, "New Commanders: MNB East ...," NATO, January 2, 2003.

2005

 * Transcript: CNN Live/Event Special: "Iraq Votes," hosted by Anderson Cooper, CNN, January 28, 2005.
 * Transcript: PAULA ZAHN NOW, CNN: "Iraq Exit Strategy?", February 9, 2005.
 * Peter Spiegel, "Pentagon plans for 'long war' on terror," Financial Times, August 24, 2005.
 * Peter Spiegel and Demetri Sevastopulo, "US general sees significant withdrawal in Iraq," Financial Times, August 24, 2005.
 * "Bold guerrilla attacks raise doubts over Iraqi forces," Reuters (International Herald Tribune), August 24, 2005.
 * Richard Norton-Taylor, "Al-Qaida will retreat to Africa, says general," The Guardian (UK), August 25, 2005.
 * Peter Spiegel, "Pentagon plans for 'long war' on terror," Financial Times, August 25, 2005.
 * Michael Evans, "Internet websites used to plan terror attacks. Al-Qaeda leader may flee to Africa," IsraelNationalNews.com (MilitantIslamMonitor.org), August 25, 2005.
 * Steve Soto, "Bush And CENTCOM Continue To Send Mixed Messages," The Left Coaster, August 25, 2005.
 * Lance Knobel, "FT Off the Rails," Davos Newbies Blog, August 25, 2005.
 * James Livingston, "Exit Strategies," Politics and Letters Blog, August 25, 2005.
 * Gordon Corera, "Iraqi charter and the insurgency," BBC News, August 26, 2005.
 * Transcript: Meet the Press, NBC (SecuringAmerica.com), August 28, 2005.
 * Rowan Scarborough, "U.S. teams stay embedded in Iraqi combat units," Washington Times, September 2, 2005.
 * William Kristol, "The war presidency," The Weekly Standard (FindArticles.com), September 5, 2005.
 * Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough, "Afghan connection," Inside the Ring, September 9, 2005.
 * "Washington's Long War and its Strategy in the Horn of Africa," PINR, November 9, 2005.
 * Michael A. Weinstein, "A long US march in Africa," Asia Times, November 11, 2005.
 * Peter Spiegel, "'Oil spot' replaces 'whack-a-mole' strategy," Financial Times, December 1, 2005.

2006

 * "Discussion About the War on Terrorism," Guests: Brian Ross, Douglas Lute, John McLaughlin, The Charlie Rose Show, January 20, 2006.
 * Brendan Miniter, "'Bin Ladenism'. The Pentagon's vision for the 'Long War'," WSJ OpinionJournal, February 14, 2006.
 * Mike, "Breeding Bin Ladenism, Losing the Long War," TOPDOG08 Blog, February 20, 2006.
 * J. Peter Pham, "Strategic Interests," World Defense Review, April 20, 2006.
 * William M. Arkin, "Pirates! Just what Pakistan Needs," Early Warning / Washington Post, April 26, 2006.
 * "Legislative News," AUSA, November 17, 2006. Scroll down to "AUSA Hosts Several key Committee Staffers".
 * Peter Buxbaum, "To win against terrorism, DOD networks must be innovative," Washington Technology, November 17, 2006.
 * "Straight Talk," The Inside Defense Newstand, November 21, 2006.

2007

 * Greg Grant, "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.
 * Transcript: "DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Lute and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kimmitt from the Pentagon," U.S. Department of Defense (GlobalSecurity.org), February 9, 2007.
 * "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, "Troop 'surge' has yet to materialize in Iraq," Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2007.
 * Dean Yates, "Iraq must be stabilised or face full civil war, warns new US military chief," Scotland on Sunday, February 11, 2007.
 * Editorial: "Crimson and camouflage," Boston Globe, February 25, 2007.
 * Lolita C. Baldor, "US Forces Routinely Pursue Taliban into Pakistan," Associated Press (EnvironmentalistsAgainstWar), March 1, 2007.
 * "US expects stronger Taliban spring offensive," Agence France Presse (The Raw Story), March 1, 2007.
 * Chidanand Rajghatta, "US goes public with hot pursuit in Pak," Times of India, March 2, 2007.
 * "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.
 * "Combat, reconstruction troops still lacking for Afghanistan as new offensive looms," USA TODAY, March 4, 2007.
 * Fact Sheet: Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute: Experience and Authority, Office of the White House Press Secretary, May 15, 2007.
 * Steve Holland, "Bush picks Gen. Lute as 'war czar' for Iraq," Reuters, May 15, 2007.
 * Jim Mannion, "Bush picks general as 'war czar'," news.com.au, May 15, 2007.
 * "US names general to be 'war tsar'," BBC News, May 15, 2007.
 * Gary Graca, "The worst job in America," The Podium Blog/Michigan Daily, May 15, 2007.
 * Donna Miles, "Bush Names Lute to New Post to Support Iraq, Afghanistan Ops," Armed Forces Press Service, May 16, 2007.
 * Peter Baker and Robin Wright, "Bush Taps Skeptic of Buildup as 'War Czar'. Lt. Gen. Lute Accepts Position Others Spurned," Washington Post, May 16, 2007.
 * Joseph Curl and S.A. Miller, "Bush picks 'war czar' to bridge gaps," Washington Times, May 16, 2007.
 * "Will War Czar lack 'clout'?" Think Progress, May 16, 2007.
 * Barney Porter, "White House creates new job to improve conflict co-ordination," The World Today/ABC News (Australia), May 16, 2007.
 * Michael J.W. Stickings, "All hail Douglas Lute," The Moderate Voice; The Reaction Blogspot, May 16, 2007.
 * Andrew Gray, "U.S. war czar's big battles will be bureaucratic," Reuters (ABC News), May 16, 2007.
 * James S. Robbins, "Hardly A Czar. Douglas Lute Has No Command, But He Will Have The Power Of Persuasion," National Review (CBS News), May 16, 2007.
 * Michael Hirsch, "Messenger Man. Bush’s new war ‘czar’ is nominally the president’s man. But in reality, Doug Lute is fated to be powerless and can only preside over a worsening state of paralysis in Iraq," Newsweek (MSNBC), May 17, 2007.
 * Martin Sieff, "War czar compromise -- Part 1," UPI (Monsters and Critics), May 17, 2007.
 * Matt Corley, "White House Uses Gen. Petraeus As PR Flack To Promote War Czar," Think Progress, May 17, 2007.
 * Reilly, "The Job Hadley Could but Can't Do," Best Guess Blogspot, May 17, 2007.
 * Robert Parry, "The Iraq War: Going, Going, ...," Consortiumnews.com, May 17, 2007: "How should the American people interpret the extraordinary fact that George W. Bush couldn’t convince a single retired four-star general to sign up as the new 'war czar' for coordinating the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan – and finally had to settle for an active-duty three-star general who had opposed Bush’s 'surge' in Iraq?"
 * Jim Freeman, "The Fed-Ex War Czar," Opinion-Columns.com, May 17, 2007.
 * Editorial: "Gen. Fix-it or Gen. Exit?" Seattle Times, May 18, 2007.
 * Anne Flaherty, "Panel Questions Need for New 'War Czar'. Senate Panel Signals Support of Bush War Adviser Nominee, Questions Necessity of New Post," Associated Press (ABC News), June 7, 2007.
 * "Bush Nominee Worries Iraq Can't Do More. Bush's War Adviser Nominee Doubts Iraqi Government's Ability To Assume Control Of Country," Associated Press (CBS News), June 7, 2007.
 * John Holusha, "General Tells Senate U.S. Must Prevail in Iraq," New York Times, June 7, 2007.
 * Tony Capaccio and Jeff Bliss, "Bush Pick for War Adviser Says Consider Withdrawal (Update2)," Bloomberg News, June 7, 2007.
 * Peter Spiegel, "'War czar' duties may signal policy shift. Many are surprised when Lute testifies he'd report directly to Bush on Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving the national security advisor out of the loop," Los Angeles Times, June 8, 2007.
 * Peter Baker and Karen DeYoung, "Nominee to Coordinate War Offers Grim Forecast on Iraq. General's Appraisal Echoes Secret Intelligence Findings," Washington Post, June 8, 2007.
 * Rick Maze, "Senate confirms Lute as ‘war czar’," Marine Corps Times, June 29, 2007.
 * Jeff Zeleny and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Counters G.O.P. Dissent on Iraq Policy," New York Times, July 11, 2007.
 * Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, July 12, 2007.