WP: Rice Names U.S. Security Coordinator for Mideast

[Hissyspit]

Abbas, Sharon to Visit White House
Rice Names Security Coordinator for Mideast Peace

By Robin Wright, Molly Moore and Fred Barbash
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, February 7, 2005; 9:07 AM

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb 7 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, reinforcing Bush administration pledges to be more involved in Middle East peace efforts, met Monday with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, announced a spring White House visit by Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and named a U.S. security coordinator to monitor the new peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.

She also pledged that the United States would distribute $40 million in aid for Palestinian job creation over the next three months, part of the $350 million in aid already promised by President Bush.

MORE:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4101-2005Feb7.html?referrer%3Demail&sub=AR

[sundancekid]

1. worth doing our usual DU research on Ward

~snip (from same article link in original message)

"She said the security coordinator will be Lieutenant-General William Ward, previously commander of the NATO Stabilization Force in post-war Bosnia who has also undertaken assignments in the past to Egypt, Somalia, Germany and South Korea."

~snip

[Rose Siding]

2. Head of peacekeeping force in Bosnia...

The head of the Nato-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia, General William Ward, helped negotiate the deal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3144570.stm

In 03:
General Charles F. Wald, USAF
Deputy Commander of the United States European Command
Headquarters, European Command
Unit 30400APO AE 09131

http://www.dod.mil/jcoc/jcoc_67/addresses.html

photos
http://www.nato.int/sfor/misc/albums/toa/thumbnails.htm

[emad]

3. US names Mid-East security envoy

BBC

The US has appointed a special envoy to assist Palestinian security reforms, amid renewed hopes of progress in Middle East peace efforts.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Lt Gen William Ward would visit the region in the coming weeks.

Ms Rice was speaking at a news conference after talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.

Mr Abbas welcomed US intervention and called on Israel to take its own measures to work towards peace.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4241983.stm

[never cry wolf]

4. This guy

Biography Lieutenant General William E. WARD

First published in
SFOR Informer#149, October 10, 2002

Lieutenant General William E. (Kip) Ward is the Commander, Stabilisation Force, Operation Joint Forge, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

http://www.nato.int/sfor/indexinf/149/p10a/t02p10a.htm