President Obama has appointed retired Air Force General Scott Gration to be the new Sudan Special Envoy. His biography is below...
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Retired Oct. 1, 2006.
Maj. Gen. Jonathan S. Gration is Director,
Strategy, Policy and Assessments, U.S. European Command,
Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany. As Director of Strategy, Plans and
Policy, he is responsible for formulation and staff direction of the
execution of basic military and political policy, as well as planning
for command activities involving relations with other U.S. Unified
Commands, allied military and international military organizations and
subordinate commands. He also serves as Director of Capabilities and
Assessments. In this capacity he is responsible for the development of
force structure requirements; conducting studies, analyses and
assessments; and for evaluating military forces, plans, programs and
strategies.
The general was raised in Africa and entered the Air
Force in 1974 through the Air Force ROTC program at Rutgers University.
He has previously served as a White House Fellow, operations group
commander and two-time wing commander. Prior to assuming his current
position, the general served as Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of the
Air Force for International Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of
the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
General Gration is a
command pilot with more than 5,000 flight hours, including more than
2,000 hours as an instructor pilot. He has extensive combat experience
in the Middle East and served as the Commander of Task Force West
during Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Gration's aerial combat
experience includes 274 combat missions over Iraq, with 983 hours of
combat time.
EDUCATION
1974 Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
1988 Master of Arts degree in national security studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1988 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
1993 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
1999
Executive Program for General Officers of the Russian Federation and
the United States, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass.
2002 National Security Decision Making
Seminar, the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with two silver oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with "V" device and two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with bronze star
Southwest Asia Service Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal with three bronze stars
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait)
Medal of Independence, First Degree (Kingdom of Jordan)
Source: http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5605
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You must wellcome Maj. Gen. Jonathan S. Gration for every effeorts going on to pursued on sudanese issues.Looking forward seeing the Achievements of peace and stability in sudan.
Go ahead we with you in every steps.
Thanks
Posted by: Hassan | March 31, 2009 at 09:18 PM
Hes seems to be well decorated and well educated. I guess that amounts to real world experience that would make him a good candidate for this position.
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