Retired US Army General (4-star) — former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army — who was the key external advocate for the 2007 Iraq surge strategy — regular Fox News contributor on national security.
Advocates for and helps design the Iraq surge — Keane (retired) worked with Frederick Kagan at AEI to develop the surge proposal that the active military largely opposed, then convinced President Bush to implement it; the surge is credited with stabilizing Iraq in 2007–2009.
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