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  • Anthony Zinni
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  • Anthony Charles Zinni (born September 17, 1943) is a retired United States Marine Corps general and a former Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). In 2002, he was selected to be a special envoy for the United States to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Since September 2011, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute.
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Number
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 6
serviceyears
  • 1965
Birth Date
  • 1943-09-17
Commands
  • 2
  • 9
  • I Marine Expeditionary Force
  • CENTCOM
Branch
Nickname
  • "The Godfather"
Type
  • award-star
  • service-star
  • oak
Education
  • Undergrad Villanova , Master's Degree from Central Michigan University
Caption
  • General Anthony Charles Zinni, United States Marine Corps
Width
  • 106
Ribbon
  • Combat Action Ribbon.svg
  • National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • Purple Heart BAR.svg
  • Southwest Asia Service ribbon.svg
  • Vietnam Service Ribbon.svg
  • AFEMRib.svg
  • Bronze Star ribbon.svg
  • Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg
  • US Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • Us kw-kwlib rib.png
  • Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal Ribbon.png
  • Defense Distinguished Service ribbon.svg
  • Humanitarian Service ribbon.svg
  • Joint Meritorious Unit Award ribbon.svg
  • Meritorious Service ribbon.svg
  • Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg
  • Navy and Marine Corps Achievement ribbon.svg
  • Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg
  • Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg
  • VNCivilActionsRibbon-2.svg
  • Vietnam Campaign Medal Ribbon.png
  • Vietnam gallantry cross unit award-3d.svg
  • Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg
  • Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon.svg
  • United Nations Medal.svg
  • Commendatore OMRI BAR.svg
  • EGY Order of Merit - Knight BAR.png
  • National Order of Merit Commander Ribbon.png
  • Order of the Sinai Star.png
  • The Khalifiyyeh Order of Bahrain, 1st class.png
Birth Place
  • Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Title
  • Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command
Awards
  • Defense Superior Service Medal
  • Navy Distinguished Service Medal
  • Bronze Star with Combat V
  • Purple Heart
Rank
  • 24
Allegiance
Battles
  • Vietnam War
  • Operation Restore Hope
Before
Years
  • 1997
After
other device
  • v
laterwork
  • U.S. Special Envoy
  • President, International Operations, M.I.C. Industries
Birth name
  • Anthony Charles Zinni
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  • Anthony Charles Zinni (born September 17, 1943) is a retired United States Marine Corps general and a former Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). In 2002, he was selected to be a special envoy for the United States to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. While serving as special envoy, Zinni was also an instructor in the Department of International Studies at the Virginia Military Institute. Currently, he is an instructor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, a public speaker, and an author of two best-selling books on his military career and foreign affairs, most recently Battle for Peace. He also is involved in the corporate world, joining M.I.C. Industries as its president for International Operations in 2005. Zinni also serves on the advisory boards of eight different companies, including the security testing firm, Mu Dynamics, based in Sunnyvale, California. He joined Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy in Spring 2008 as the Sanford Distinguished Lecturer in Residence and taught a new course in the Hart Leadership Program. Since September 2011, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute. He has been credited for foresight in predicting the dangers of terrorism coming out of Afghanistan before the September 11, 2001 attacks and supporting the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. He opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003. In October 2009 he came out firmly in support of General McChrystal's request for up to 40,000 additional troops in Afghanistan.
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