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Parent topics

• Iraq War [r]: Invasion of Iraq by a coalition of countries, led by the United States, in 2003, and subsequent occupation ^[e]
  • Iraq War, insurgency [r]: The period of the Iraq War following the end of major combat operations, and the beginning of significant guerrilla warfare in July - August 2003. ^[e]

Subtopics

• L. Paul Bremer [r]: Retired American Foreign Service Officer and counterterrorism specialist who was Presidential Envoy to Iraq in 2003-2004, running the Coalition Provisional Authority ^[e]
• J. Scott Carpenter [r]: Keston Family fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and director of Project Fikra, which focuses on empowering Arab democrats in their struggle against extremism; deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs 2004-2007; director, governance group, Coalition Provisional Authority ^[e]
• Terry Kelly [r]: RAND Corporation defense analyst, a member of GEN Stanley McChrystal's Strategic Assessment Group for the Afghanistan War (2001-); involved in Iraq reconstruction both with the U.S. Mission to Iraq and the Coalition Provisional Authority; U.S. Army officer ^[e]
• Bernard Kerik [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Meghan O'Sullivan [r]: Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard University Belfer Center; previously consultant to then-U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, on the National Security Council, Coalition Provisional Authority, Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, and the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State ^[e]
• Daniel Senor [r]: Now a commentator on the Middle East and investment capital adviser, a Republican who was a foreign policy and communications adviser in the Senate, Deputy Press Secretary in the George W. Bush Administration and spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority; adjunct fellow for the Council on Foreign Relations ^[e]
• Walter Slocombe [r]: Law firm of Caplin & Drysdale; Secretary, Atlantic Council; senior adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction ; Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1994-2001); Senior Advisor and Director for Security Affairs (National Security and Defense) Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003 ^[e]

• Iraqi Governing Council [r]: Advisory body created in 2003 by the Coalition Provisional Authority ^[e]
• Interim Iraqi Government [r]: While UN-appointed pending elections, the first Iraqi sovereign government following the Gulf War ^[e]

Other related topics

• United States Central Command [r]: Unified Combatant Command responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, now under the command of General James Mattis ^[e]
• John Abizaid [r]: Retired general, United States Army; succeeded GEN Tommy Franks to head United States Central Command after Iraq War, major combat phase; native Arabic speaker; fellow, Hoover Institution; Former Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project, Belfer Center, 2007-2009; Defense Department senior mentor program ^[e]
• Ricardo Sanchez [r]: Retired lieutenant general of armor, United States Army, who commanded the senior U.S. headquarters in Iraq when the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke; involved in early attempts to deal realistically with the growing insurgency after the end of high-intensity combat ^[e]
• Douglas Feith [r]: An American strategic analyst, associated with neoconservatism, who held posts including Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in 2001-2005, when he advised Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War; fellow of the Hudson Institute ^[e]
• Condoleeza Rice [r]: Academic political scientist, then Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and U.S. Secretary of State in the George W. Bush Administration ^[e]
• Paul Wolfowitz [r]: An American political scientist and policy-level foreign affairs official, of a neoconservative ideology; resident American Enterprise Institute and on International Security Advisory Board; Deputy Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration; advisor, Project for the New American Century ^[e]
• Colin Powell [r]: A retired general in the United States Army who served in high political office, first African-American to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State; minimally partisan although he considered himself a moderate Republican, not a neoconservative ^[e]
• Donald Rumsfeld [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration (2001-2008); was the oldest secretary and earlier the youngest secretary in the Administration (1975-1977); major policymaker after the 9-11 attack; advisor, Project for the New American Century ^[e]
• Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance [r]: The initial U.S. government organization established to run Iraq following the end of the major fighting in the Iraq War; replaced by the Coalition Provisional Authority ^[e]