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From 1977 to 1981, General Odom was Military Assistant to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs, [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]]. As a member of the [[National Security Council]] staff, he worked upon strategic planning, Soviet affairs, [[nuclear weapons]] policy, telecommunications policy, and Persian Gulf security issues. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1954, and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1970. [ibid.] | From 1977 to 1981, General Odom was Military Assistant to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs, [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]]. As a member of the [[National Security Council]] staff, he worked upon strategic planning, Soviet affairs, [[nuclear weapons]] policy, telecommunications policy, and Persian Gulf security issues. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1954, and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1970. [ibid.] | ||
| − | Odom described the attack on [[Iraq]]i dictator [[Saddam Hussein]] as "one of the great strategic errors of the post-[[Cold War]] era." [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04100/298445.stm] | + | On Friday, April 9, 2004, Odom described the attack on [[Iraq]]i dictator [[Saddam Hussein]] as "one of the great strategic errors of the post-[[Cold War]] era." [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04100/298445.stm] |
On NBC's "Today" show Thursday, April 29, 2004, Odom said "We have already failed ... Staying in longer makes us fail worse ... I think we've passed the chances not to fail. And now we are in the situation where we have to limit the damage." [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8552589.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp] | On NBC's "Today" show Thursday, April 29, 2004, Odom said "We have already failed ... Staying in longer makes us fail worse ... I think we've passed the chances not to fail. And now we are in the situation where we have to limit the damage." [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8552589.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp] | ||
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Lieutenant General William E. Odom, U.S. Army (Ret.), is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute's Washington, D.C. office. He is also a visiting professor at Georgetown University and a Fellow at Berkeley College, Yale University. As Director of the National Security Agency from 1985 to 1988, he was responsible for the nation's signals intelligence and communications security. From 1981 to 1985, he served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, the Army's senior intelligence officer. [1]
From 1977 to 1981, General Odom was Military Assistant to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs, Zbigniew Brzezinski. As a member of the National Security Council staff, he worked upon strategic planning, Soviet affairs, nuclear weapons policy, telecommunications policy, and Persian Gulf security issues. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1954, and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1970. [ibid.]
On Friday, April 9, 2004, Odom described the attack on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as "one of the great strategic errors of the post-Cold War era." [2]
On NBC's "Today" show Thursday, April 29, 2004, Odom said "We have already failed ... Staying in longer makes us fail worse ... I think we've passed the chances not to fail. And now we are in the situation where we have to limit the damage." [3]
