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...purported Saudi connection to the contras began, say U.S. sources, after CIA Director William Casey asked King Fahd for such help on a visit to Jidda in February 1984. There are conflicting reports on Fahd's initial response. But by mid-1985 the Saudis' secret aims coincided with those of the U.S. "Since the U.S. was helping Saudi Arabia tame Iran," says Ghadry, "Saudi Arabia would help the U.S. with the contras...
Etchemendy is also well-respected by undergraduates, according to Casey A. Nevitt, a Stanford senior who Etchemendy helped start a student-initiated course on Basque Studies. Etchemendy is himself of Basque heritage...
...unclear if Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in Basra on his second trip to Iraq, was getting the same message in his closed-door meetings with U.S. and coalition commanders, including U.S. Army General George Casey and British Major General Jonathan Shaw, the senor officer in the region. The British government has indicated that it is likely to start withdrawing its contingent of some 7,000 troops in Iraq later this year...
...Fallon was a surprise, few were taken aback by the news that Army Lieut. General David Petraeus will take over Gen. George Casey's job as the on-scene commander in Iraq. Petraeus served in Iraq twice, has a Ph.D in international relations, and comes loaded with the optimism the job requires, not to mention support for the surge option Bush favors. Some Marine officers were pulling for one of their own: Lt. Gen. James Mattis, one of the military's most seasoned combat veterans (he led the complex but successful invasion into Afghanistan and then took the 1st Marine...
...always been headed by either an Army or Marine general, and because Fallon has no direct experience in Iraq or Afghanistan. However, Bush has also picked an Iraq veteran, Army Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, who served there in the early stages of the war, to replace Army General George Casey as the ground commander in Iraq...