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'''Dan McNeill''' is a retired [[general]] in the [[United States Army]], who commanded the NATO [[International Security Assistance Force]] in [[Afghanistan]] between February 2007 and June 2008, being replaced by GEN [[David McKiernan]]. His prior assignment was heading [[United States Army Forces Command]]. He is now the senior military analyst at [[Human Rights Watch]]. | '''Dan McNeill''' is a retired [[general]] in the [[United States Army]], who commanded the NATO [[International Security Assistance Force]] in [[Afghanistan]] between February 2007 and June 2008, being replaced by GEN [[David McKiernan]]. His prior assignment was heading [[United States Army Forces Command]]. He is now the senior military analyst at [[Human Rights Watch]]. | ||
==Afghanistan== | ==Afghanistan== | ||
Returning in 2007, he took command from British General Sir David Richards; he was the first four-star American officer to be assigned to Afghanistan. | |||
As a [[lieutenant general]], he took command of Combined Joint Task Force 180 in Afghanistan in late 2001. During this period, he also launched an investigation, in December 2002, into deaths resulting from American interrogation of detainees. | |||
Against Administration policy, he made a public statement that “US forces acknowledge the internationally recognized boundaries of Afghanistan, but may pursue attackers who attempted to escape into Pakistan to evade capture or retaliation.”<ref name=Rashid-Descent>{{citation | Against [[George W. Bush Administration]] policy, he made a public statement that “US forces acknowledge the internationally recognized boundaries of Afghanistan, but may pursue attackers who attempted to escape into Pakistan to evade capture or retaliation.”<ref name=Rashid-Descent>{{citation | ||
| author = [[Ahmed Rashid]] | | author = [[Ahmed Rashid]] | ||
| title = Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia | | title = Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia | ||
| publisher = Viking | year = 2008 | | publisher = Viking | year = 2008 | ||
| isbn = 9780670019700}}, p. 269</ref> | | isbn = 9780670019700}}, p. 269</ref> In 2007, he denied Administration charges that Iran was actively supporting the [[Taliban]]. <ref>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.tnr.com/article/iran-amok | journal = The New Republic | |||
| title = Iran Amok: Dennis Ross's mission impossible. | |||
| author = Michael Crowley | |||
| date = 18 March 2009}}</ref> | |||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
Commissioned through the [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]] at [[North Carolina State University]], he is a graduate of the [[U.S. Army War College]]. | Commissioned through the [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]] at [[North Carolina State University]], he is a graduate of the [[U.S. Army War College]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 19:54, 28 September 2009
Dan McNeill is a retired general in the United States Army, who commanded the NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan between February 2007 and June 2008, being replaced by GEN David McKiernan. His prior assignment was heading United States Army Forces Command. He is now the senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch.
Afghanistan
Returning in 2007, he took command from British General Sir David Richards; he was the first four-star American officer to be assigned to Afghanistan.
As a lieutenant general, he took command of Combined Joint Task Force 180 in Afghanistan in late 2001. During this period, he also launched an investigation, in December 2002, into deaths resulting from American interrogation of detainees.
Against George W. Bush Administration policy, he made a public statement that “US forces acknowledge the internationally recognized boundaries of Afghanistan, but may pursue attackers who attempted to escape into Pakistan to evade capture or retaliation.”[1] In 2007, he denied Administration charges that Iran was actively supporting the Taliban. [2]
Education
Commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at North Carolina State University, he is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College.
References
- ↑ Ahmed Rashid (2008), Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, Viking, ISBN 9780670019700, p. 269
- ↑ Michael Crowley (18 March 2009), "Iran Amok: Dennis Ross's mission impossible.", The New Republic