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« Mind games: Red Sox Nation reacts to tight race | Today | Stakeholders gather questions about proposed sites for RI wind farm » September 20, 2007Retired general will speak on Iraq and more at BrownPROVIDENCE -- Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey will deliver a lecture titled "After Iraq: How the World has Changed" at Brown University next month. The university announced today that McCaffrey will speak on Oct. 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching on the college green. The event is free and open to the public. It is the 77th event in the Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture Series. Attendees may ask questions after the lecture. McCaffrey served in the U.S. Army for 32 years, retiring in 1996 as a four-star general. He served overseas for 13 years and finished four combat tours, including commanding the 24th Infantry Division during Operation Desert Storm. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney McCafrrey over saw national security operations in Latin American as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command, the university news release says. From 1996 to 2001, he directed the White House Office of National Drug Policy. He got honors, including the Department of Health and Human Service Lifetime Achievement Award for achievements in the field of substance abuse prevention; the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation’s National Service Award; and, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Lifetime Achievement Award. McCaffrey is president of his own consulting firm in Arlington, Va., and an NBC News national security and terrorism analyst. A Taunton, Mass., native, McCaffrey graduated from West Point in 1964, earned a master's degree in American government from American University, and attended the Harvard University National Security Program. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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