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Joseph Votel

Joseph Votel

Former Commander, US Central Command

Gen. (ret.) Joseph Votel, U.S. Army, is president and chief executive officer of Business Executives for National Security and a nonresident distinguished senior fellow on national security at the Middle East Institute. He served as the commander of U.S. Central Command until 2019, overseeing all U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Central and South Asia. Before that, he commanded U.S. Special Operations Command and the Joint Special Operations Command.
Gen. (ret.) Joseph Votel, U.S. Army, is president and chief executive officer of Business Executives for National Security and a nonresident distinguished senior fellow on national security at the Middle East Institute. He served as the commander of U.S. Central Command until 2019, overseeing all U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Central and South Asia. Before that, he commanded U.S. Special Operations Command and the Joint Special Operations Command.
Defense

Between Then and Now, They Did Not Die in Vain

I was among the first to parachute into Afghanistan in 2001. This is how I will remember the war.