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− | + | '''James Logan Jones Jr.''' is a retired [[United States Marine Corps]] four-star general who served as the 22nd [[National Security Advisor (United States)|United States National Security Advisor]] from 2009 to 2010. During his career, he served as the 32nd [[Commandant of the Marine Corps]] from July 1999 to January 2003, and Commander, [[United States European Command]] and [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]] from 2003 to 2006 and Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007, after 40 years of service. | |
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General James L. Jones attended the [[Bilderberg]] meeting in 2005, as [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]]. | General James L. Jones attended the [[Bilderberg]] meeting in 2005, as [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]]. | ||
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+ | After retiring from the Marine Corps, Jones remained involved in national security and foreign policy issues. In 2007, Jones served as chairman of the Congressional Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq,<ref name=independent-commission-security-forces-iraq>http://csis.org/program/independent-commission-security-forces-iraq</ref> which investigated the capabilities of the [[Iraq]]i police and armed forces to serve the occpation power. In November 2007, he was appointed by the [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] as special envoy for [[Middle East]] security. | ||
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+ | He chairman of the [[Atlantic Council]] from June 2007 to January 2009, when he assumed the post of National Security Advisor which he held until November 2010. He is also on the board of trustees of the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]. after retirement, Jones earned a salary and bonus of $900,000 from the [[US Chamber of Commerce]], as well as director fees of $330,000 from the [[Boeing Company]] and $290,000 from the [[Chevron Corporation]]. | ||
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+ | ==Early life and education== | ||
+ | Jones was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], on December 19, 1943. He is the son of Charlotte Ann (née Ground) and [[James L. Jones Sr.]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160407060256/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/jamesjones.ht</ref> a decorated Marine in [[World War II]] who was an officer in the [[Observer Group]] and the commanding officer of its successor, the [[United States Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion|Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion]]. Having spent his formative years in France, where he attended the [[American School of Paris]],<ref name=HuffingtonPost_Wallechinsky>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wallechinsky/national-security-advisor_b_155889.html</ref><ref name="LivDialog">http://personallifemedia.com/podcasts/212-living-dialogues/episodes/3968-ted-sorensen-counselor-life-edge</ref> he returned to the United States, graduating from [[West Potomac High School|Groveton High School]] in [[Fairfax County, Virginia]], then attended [[Georgetown University]] [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service]], from which he received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in 1966. | ||
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+ | In January 1967, Jones was commissioned a second lieutenant in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. Upon completion of [[The Basic School]] at [[Marine Corps Base Quantico]], [[Virginia]], in October 1967, he was ordered to [[South Vietnam]], where he served as a [[Platoon#United States organization|platoon]] and [[Company (military unit)#Marine Corps|company]] commander with Golf Company, [[2nd Battalion 3rd Marines|2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines]]. While overseas, he was promoted to [[First Lieutenant#U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force|first lieutenant]] in June 1968.<ref name="Jones">http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/theobamaadministration/a/james-jones-profile.htm</ref> | ||
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+ | From January 1976 to August 1979, Jones served in the Officer Assignments Section at [[Headquarters Marine Corps]], Washington, D.C. During this assignment, he was promoted to [[Major (United States)#Army, Marine Corps and Air Force|major]] in July 1977. Remaining in Washington, his next assignment was as the Marine Corps liaison officer to the [[United States Senate]], where he served until July 1984. In this assignment, his first commander was [[John McCain]], then a [[United States Navy]] [[Captain (U.S. Navy)|captain]]. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]] in September 1982.<ref name="DOD Jones">http://www.defense.gov/Bios/BiographyDetail.aspx?BiographyID=66|</ref> | ||
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+ | ===Senior staff and command=== | ||
+ | Jones was selected to attend the [[National War College]] in Washington, D.C. Following graduation in June 1985, he was assigned to command the [[3rd Battalion 9th Marines|3rd Battalion, 9th Marines]], [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]], at [[Camp Pendleton, California]], from July 1985 to July 1987. | ||
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+ | In August 1987, Jones returned to Headquarters Marine Corps, where he served as senior [[aide-de-camp|aide]] to the [[Commandant of the Marine Corps]]. He was promoted to [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] in April 1988, and became the [[Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps]] in February 1989. During August 1990, Jones was assigned as the commanding officer of the [[24th Marine Expeditionary Unit]] (24th MEU) at [[Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune]], [[North Carolina]]. | ||
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+ | During his tour with the 24th MEU, Jones participated in [[Operation Provide Comfort]] in Northern Iraq and Turkey. He was advanced to [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] on April 23, 1992. Jones was assigned to duties as deputy director, J-3, [[United States European Command]] in [[Stuttgart]], Germany, on July 15, 1992. During this tour of duty, he was reassigned as chief of staff, [[Operation Provide Promise|Joint Task Force Provide Promise]], for operations in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and [[North Macedonia]].<ref name="DOD Jones"/> | ||
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+ | Returning to the United States, Jones was advanced to the rank of major general in July 1994 and was assigned as commanding general, [[2nd Marine Division (United States)|2nd Marine Division]], [[Marine Forces Atlantic]], Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Jones next served as director, Expeditionary Warfare Division (N85), Office of the [[Chief of Naval Operations]], during 1996, then as the deputy chief of staff for plans, policies, and operations, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. He was advanced to [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] on July 18, 1996. His next assignment was as the military assistant to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]].<ref name="Jones"/> | ||
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+ | Jones assumed duties as the commander of [[United States European Command]] (EUCOM) on January 16, 2003, and [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]] (SACEUR) the following day. He was the first Marine Corps general to serve as SACEUR/EUCOM commander. | ||
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+ | ==Post-military career== | ||
+ | ===Business roles=== | ||
+ | Following his retirement from the military, Jones became president of the Institute for 21st Century Energy,<ref name=EnergyXXI>https://web.archive.org/web/20070701120122/http://www.energyxxi.org/xxi/default</ref> an affiliate of the [[United States Chamber of Commerce|US Chamber of Commerce]];<ref name=EnergyXXI/> he also served as chair of the board of directors of the [[Atlantic Council of the United States]] from June 2007<ref name=AtlanticCouncil_20070518>https://web.archive.org/web/20090120221600/http://www.acus.org/docs/Press%20Release/070518-JONES%20ELECTED%20ATLANTIC%20COUNCIL%20CHAIRMAN.pdf</ref> until January 2009, when he assumed the post of National Security Advisor.<ref name=Farewell>http://www.acus.org/event_blog/general-jones-congratulated-bid-farewell-atlantic-council</ref> Jones also served as a member of the guiding coalition for the [[Project on National Security Reform]], as well as chairman of the Independent Commission on the Iraqi Security Forces.<ref name=AtlanticCouncil_20070912>https://web.archive.org/web/20080318203442/http://www.acus.org/Gen_James_L_Jones_Atlantic_Council_09-12-2007_page2.asp </ref> He was a member of the [[board of directors]] of [[Boeing|The Boeing Company]] from June 21, 2007, to December 15, 2008, serving on the company's Audit and Finance Committees.<ref name=BoeingProxyStatement2008>https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000119312508057498/ddef14a.htm#toc96257_23</ref><ref name=BoeingNewsRelease081215b>https://web.archive.org/web/20081217044639/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q4/081215b_nr.html</ref> Jones was also a member of the board of directors of [[Cross Match Technologies]], a privately held biometric solutions company, from October 2007 to January 2009.<ref name=CMTboard>https://web.archive.org/web/20071017162821/http://crossmatch.net/pr/Jones_10_03_07.html</ref><ref name=CMTNSA_resignation>https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211238/http://www.crossmatch.com/pr/1_12_09.html</ref> | ||
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+ | Jones was employed on the board of trustees of the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS) from 2007 to 2008, and then began serving again in 2011.<ref name=CSISBoard>http://csis.org/press/press-release/former-national-security-advisor-general-james-jones-rejoins-csis-board-trustees</ref> He was a member of the board of directors of [[Chevron Corporation]] from May 28, 2008 to December 5, 2008, serving on the Board Nominating and Governance and Public Policy Committees.<ref name=BizJournal>http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/03/24/daily29.html</ref><ref name=CVXboard2008>https://web.archive.org/web/20080803081859/http://www.chevron.com/about/leadership/boardofdirectors/jones/ </ref><ref name=CVXboard2008-12-10>https://web.archive.org/web/20081212163629/http://www.chevron.com/news/press/release/?id=2008-12-10</ref> | ||
+ | According to the first report since Jones re-entered government service in January 2009, Jones earned a salary and bonus of $900,000 from the US Chamber, as well as director fees of $330,000 from the [[Boeing Company]] and $290,000 from the [[Chevron Corporation]].<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123879462053487927 "Hedge Fund Paid Summers $5.2 Million in Past Year"] by John D. McKinnon and F. W. Farnum, ''wsj.online'', April 4, 2009. Retrieved 4/5/09.</ref> | ||
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+ | After leaving the Obama administration, Jones returned as a Fellow at the US Chamber in 2011.<ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2011). [http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2011/march/general-james-jones-named-us-chamber-fellow General James Jones Named U.S. Chamber Fellow]. Retrieved April 3, 2011.</ref> | ||
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+ | The board of directors of [[General Dynamics]] has elected Jones to be a director of the corporation, effective August 3, 2011. Also, on January 13, 2012, Jones joined Deloitte Consulting LLP as a senior adviser who will work with Federal and commercial consulting clients within Deloitte's Department of Defense and Intel segments. In early 2013, Jones joined [[OxiCool]] Inc's Advisory Board.<ref>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/general-james-jones-joins-developer-of-green-air-conditioning-oxicool-inc-202389021.html</ref> | ||
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+ | ===Diplomatic roles=== | ||
+ | [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]] asked Jones twice to be [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|Deputy Secretary of State]] after [[Robert Zoellick]] resigned. He declined.<ref name=DepSoS>https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2006/11/21/potential-deputies-to-rice-no-thanks/|date= November 21, 2006</ref> | ||
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+ | On May 25, 2007, Congress created an Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq to investigate for 120 days the capabilities of the Iraq armed forces and police.<ref>P.L. 110-28 § 1314(e)(2).</ref> Jones served as chairman of that commission and reported on Congress on September 6, 2007,<ref name=CSpan_20070906>https://web.archive.org/web/20071011044722/http://www.c-span.org/pdf/jonesreport090607.pdf</ref> noting serious deficiencies in the Iraq Interior Ministry and in the Iraq National Police. | ||
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+ | Rice appointed Jones as a special envoy for Middle East security on November 28, 2007, to work with both [[Israel]]is and [[Palestinians]] on security issues.<ref name=RiceNov2007>https://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/rm/2007/11/95838.htm</ref><ref name=Bloomberg_Zacharia_20071128>https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ae2RGIfF0kB8&refer=home</ref> | ||
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+ | Jones serves as a Senior Fellow at the [[Bipartisan Policy Center]] (BPC), where he works on a variety of national security and energy-related issues.<ref>http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/news/press-releases/2011/02/bipartisan-policy-center-welcomes-general-jim-jones</ref> Jones is also a co-chair of BPC's Energy Project. | ||
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+ | Jones is an Advisory Board Member of [[Spirit of America (charity)|Spirit of America]], a [[501(c)(3) organization]] that supports the safety and success of Americans serving abroad and the local people and partners they seek to help.<ref>https://spiritofamerica.org/staff/general-james-jones{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ||
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+ | ===National Security Advisor=== | ||
+ | [[File:Msc 2009-Sunday, 8.30 - 11.00 Uhr-Zwez 005 Ischinger Jones Karzei.jpg|thumb|220px|Jones shakes hands with [[President of Afghanistan]] [[Hamid Karzai]].]] | ||
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+ | On December 1, 2008, President-elect Obama announced Jones as his selection for [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]].<ref name=Change.gov_20081201>https://web.archive.org/web/20081201182614/http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/key_members_of_obama_biden_national_security_team_announced/</ref><ref name=msnbc>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27983003</ref> The National Security Advisor is appointed by the president without confirmation by the United States Senate. | ||
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+ | The selection surprised people because, as [[Michael Crowley (journalist)|Michael Crowley]] reported, "The two men didn't meet until Obama's foreign policy aide, [[Mark Lippert]], arranged a 2005 sit-down, and, as of this October, Jones had only spoken to Obama twice".<ref name = crowley>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=739be2da-4d50-49ee-b1c1-60eb865a69c6</ref> Crowley speculated that Jones' record suggests he is "someone who, unencumbered by strong ideological leanings, can evaluate ideas dispassionately whether they come from [[political left|left]] or [[political right|right]]", and, "This is probably why Obama picked him". Jones was also picked because he is well respected and likely to possess the skills to navigate the other prestigious and powerful cabinet members. | ||
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+ | Though he didn't know [[Robert Gates|Gates]] especially well, both men shared long experience in the national security establishment (Gates was in the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] and previously headed the [[CIA]]). Jones and [[Hillary Clinton|Clinton]] had a more direct connection from her tenure on the [[Senate Armed Services Committee]]. The two were said to have particularly clicked at a 2005 [[Munich Security Conference|conference on security policy]] in [[Munich]]. Jones hosted a small private dinner that included Clinton and [[South Carolina]] Republican Senator [[Lindsey Graham]], among others; at the end of the convivial evening, according to one person present, Jones followed Clinton out to her car to visit in private.<ref name = crowley/> | ||
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+ | Jones assumed the post when Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009. He announced his resignation as National Security Advisor on October 8, 2010, and was succeeded by [[Thomas E. Donilon]].<ref>https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gD-6wdjYRjpr-4VV4vZb_eFtjbjg?docId=4777657</ref> | ||
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+ | ===Advocate for Iranian terrorist group=== | ||
+ | In March 2013, Jones was quoted comparing the conditions for [[Iran]]ian members of the [[People's Mujahedin of Iran]] in a US camp in [[Iraq]] with the conditions of detention for captives held in the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s.<ref name=ForeignPolicy2013-03-12>https://web.archive.org/web/20130318155512/http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/03/12/jim_jones_camp_liberty_is_worse_than_guantanamo</ref> | ||
+ | While addressing the Iranian American Cultural Society of Michigan, Jones said Guantanamo captives "are treated far better" than the Iranian internees. Jones criticized other aspects of the Obama administration's policy on Iran. ''[[Foreign Policy magazine]]'' noted that Jones had not volunteered whether he had been paid for this speaking engagement. | ||
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}} James Logan Jones Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 22nd United States National Security Advisor from 2009 to 2010. During his career, he served as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003, and Commander, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2003 to 2006 and Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007, after 40 years of service.
General James L. Jones attended the Bilderberg meeting in 2005, as Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
After retiring from the Marine Corps, Jones remained involved in national security and foreign policy issues. In 2007, Jones served as chairman of the Congressional Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq,[1] which investigated the capabilities of the Iraqi police and armed forces to serve the occpation power. In November 2007, he was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of State as special envoy for Middle East security.
He chairman of the Atlantic Council from June 2007 to January 2009, when he assumed the post of National Security Advisor which he held until November 2010. He is also on the board of trustees of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. after retirement, Jones earned a salary and bonus of $900,000 from the US Chamber of Commerce, as well as director fees of $330,000 from the Boeing Company and $290,000 from the Chevron Corporation.
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Early life and education
Jones was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 19, 1943. He is the son of Charlotte Ann (née Ground) and James L. Jones Sr.,[2] a decorated Marine in World War II who was an officer in the Observer Group and the commanding officer of its successor, the Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion. Having spent his formative years in France, where he attended the American School of Paris,[3][4] he returned to the United States, graduating from Groveton High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, then attended Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966.
In January 1967, Jones was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Upon completion of The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in October 1967, he was ordered to South Vietnam, where he served as a platoon and company commander with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines. While overseas, he was promoted to first lieutenant in June 1968.[5]
From January 1976 to August 1979, Jones served in the Officer Assignments Section at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. During this assignment, he was promoted to major in July 1977. Remaining in Washington, his next assignment was as the Marine Corps liaison officer to the United States Senate, where he served until July 1984. In this assignment, his first commander was John McCain, then a United States Navy captain. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in September 1982.[6]
Senior staff and command
Jones was selected to attend the National War College in Washington, D.C. Following graduation in June 1985, he was assigned to command the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division, at Camp Pendleton, California, from July 1985 to July 1987.
In August 1987, Jones returned to Headquarters Marine Corps, where he served as senior aide to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. He was promoted to colonel in April 1988, and became the Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps in February 1989. During August 1990, Jones was assigned as the commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
During his tour with the 24th MEU, Jones participated in Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq and Turkey. He was advanced to brigadier general on April 23, 1992. Jones was assigned to duties as deputy director, J-3, United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, on July 15, 1992. During this tour of duty, he was reassigned as chief of staff, Joint Task Force Provide Promise, for operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia.[6]
Returning to the United States, Jones was advanced to the rank of major general in July 1994 and was assigned as commanding general, 2nd Marine Division, Marine Forces Atlantic, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Jones next served as director, Expeditionary Warfare Division (N85), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, during 1996, then as the deputy chief of staff for plans, policies, and operations, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. He was advanced to lieutenant general on July 18, 1996. His next assignment was as the military assistant to the Secretary of Defense.[5]
Jones assumed duties as the commander of United States European Command (EUCOM) on January 16, 2003, and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) the following day. He was the first Marine Corps general to serve as SACEUR/EUCOM commander.
Post-military career
Business roles
Following his retirement from the military, Jones became president of the Institute for 21st Century Energy,[7] an affiliate of the US Chamber of Commerce;[7] he also served as chair of the board of directors of the Atlantic Council of the United States from June 2007[8] until January 2009, when he assumed the post of National Security Advisor.[9] Jones also served as a member of the guiding coalition for the Project on National Security Reform, as well as chairman of the Independent Commission on the Iraqi Security Forces.[10] He was a member of the board of directors of The Boeing Company from June 21, 2007, to December 15, 2008, serving on the company's Audit and Finance Committees.[11][12] Jones was also a member of the board of directors of Cross Match Technologies, a privately held biometric solutions company, from October 2007 to January 2009.[13][14]
Jones was employed on the board of trustees of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from 2007 to 2008, and then began serving again in 2011.[15] He was a member of the board of directors of Chevron Corporation from May 28, 2008 to December 5, 2008, serving on the Board Nominating and Governance and Public Policy Committees.[16][17][18] According to the first report since Jones re-entered government service in January 2009, Jones earned a salary and bonus of $900,000 from the US Chamber, as well as director fees of $330,000 from the Boeing Company and $290,000 from the Chevron Corporation.[19]
After leaving the Obama administration, Jones returned as a Fellow at the US Chamber in 2011.[20]
The board of directors of General Dynamics has elected Jones to be a director of the corporation, effective August 3, 2011. Also, on January 13, 2012, Jones joined Deloitte Consulting LLP as a senior adviser who will work with Federal and commercial consulting clients within Deloitte's Department of Defense and Intel segments. In early 2013, Jones joined OxiCool Inc's Advisory Board.[21]
Diplomatic roles
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Jones twice to be Deputy Secretary of State after Robert Zoellick resigned. He declined.[22]
On May 25, 2007, Congress created an Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq to investigate for 120 days the capabilities of the Iraq armed forces and police.[23] Jones served as chairman of that commission and reported on Congress on September 6, 2007,[24] noting serious deficiencies in the Iraq Interior Ministry and in the Iraq National Police.
Rice appointed Jones as a special envoy for Middle East security on November 28, 2007, to work with both Israelis and Palestinians on security issues.[25][26]
Jones serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), where he works on a variety of national security and energy-related issues.[27] Jones is also a co-chair of BPC's Energy Project.
Jones is an Advisory Board Member of Spirit of America, a 501(c)(3) organization that supports the safety and success of Americans serving abroad and the local people and partners they seek to help.[28]
National Security Advisor
On December 1, 2008, President-elect Obama announced Jones as his selection for National Security Advisor.[29][30] The National Security Advisor is appointed by the president without confirmation by the United States Senate.
The selection surprised people because, as Michael Crowley reported, "The two men didn't meet until Obama's foreign policy aide, Mark Lippert, arranged a 2005 sit-down, and, as of this October, Jones had only spoken to Obama twice".[31] Crowley speculated that Jones' record suggests he is "someone who, unencumbered by strong ideological leanings, can evaluate ideas dispassionately whether they come from left or right", and, "This is probably why Obama picked him". Jones was also picked because he is well respected and likely to possess the skills to navigate the other prestigious and powerful cabinet members.
Though he didn't know Gates especially well, both men shared long experience in the national security establishment (Gates was in the Air Force and previously headed the CIA). Jones and Clinton had a more direct connection from her tenure on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The two were said to have particularly clicked at a 2005 conference on security policy in Munich. Jones hosted a small private dinner that included Clinton and South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, among others; at the end of the convivial evening, according to one person present, Jones followed Clinton out to her car to visit in private.[31]
Jones assumed the post when Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009. He announced his resignation as National Security Advisor on October 8, 2010, and was succeeded by Thomas E. Donilon.[32]
Advocate for Iranian terrorist group
In March 2013, Jones was quoted comparing the conditions for Iranian members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran in a US camp in Iraq with the conditions of detention for captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps.[33] While addressing the Iranian American Cultural Society of Michigan, Jones said Guantanamo captives "are treated far better" than the Iranian internees. Jones criticized other aspects of the Obama administration's policy on Iran. Foreign Policy magazine noted that Jones had not volunteered whether he had been paid for this speaking engagement.
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/2005 | 5 May 2005 | 8 May 2005 | Germany Rottach-Egern | The 53rd Bilderberg, 132 guests |
Munich Security Conference/2009 | 2009 | 2009 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 45th Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2010 | 5 February 2010 | 7 February 2010 | Germany Munich Bavaria | An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability." |
Munich Security Conference/2011 | 4 February 2011 | 6 February 2011 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 47th Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2012 | 3 February 2012 | 5 February 2012 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 48th Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2014 | 31 January 2014 | 2 February 2014 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 50th Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2015 | 6 February 2015 | 8 February 2015 | Germany Munich Bavaria | "400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts." |
Munich Security Conference/2016 | 12 February 2016 | 14 February 2016 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 52nd Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2017 | 17 February 2017 | 19 February 2017 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 53rd Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2018 | 12 February 2018 | 14 February 2018 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 54th Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2019 | 15 February 2019 | 17 February 2019 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events." |
Munich Security Conference/2020 | 14 February 2020 | 16 February 2020 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers." |
Munich Security Conference/2023 | 17 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2007 | 24 January 2007 | 28 January 2007 | Switzerland | Only the 449 public figures listed of ~2200 participants |
References
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