William Fallon

Global Concerns of National Importance for the Next U.S. Administration

“I’ve drunk kava in the South Pacific and rubbed noses with natives,” says William Fallon. “I’ve enjoyed tender baby camel as a delicacy. I’ve met presidents, kings, prime ministers and many ordinary folks. I’ve done a lot of...

William Rivers Pitt: A Very Bad Year

Thursday, 1 January 2009, 3:57 pm Column: William Rivers Pitt A Very Bad Year Wednesday 31 December 2008 William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Columnist There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over...

US commander says Israel should overcome its "fear" on Iran

A former senior US commander says Israel should overcome its "fear" that a nuclear Iran would pose an existential threat to Tel Aviv. Retired navy admiral William Fallon, the former commander of US forces in the Middle East,...

US calls attacks on Pakistan supply lines 'insignificant'

Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2008 - The United States Monday downplayed the significance of back-to-back attacks on NATO military depots in Pakistan but admitted concern about the implications for a US military buildup in Afghanistan.

Timothy Garton Ash: China's economic success may soon bring trouble. It would be ours too

The country's reformers seek incremental political changes to complement its gobsmacking growth. Gobsmacking is the word to describe China's economic development over the 30 years since Deng Xiaoping initiated what has come to...

Obama's national security ‘team of rivals'

His choice of Gates, Clinton, and Jones reflects his goal of building a bipartisan cabinet. By Gordon Lubold | Staff Writer / December 1, 2008 edition Washington The new national security team President-elect Obama is...

Obama Turns to Marine Jones to Harness Veteran Security Team (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama is hiring retired Marine General James Jones as national security adviser to keep a team of strong-willed veteran policy makers working in harmony rather than at...

Continuity in wartime behind Obama’s decision on Gates

Keeping the Defense secretary allows Obama's team to move quickly on a foreign-policy challenges. An incoming administration rarely retains cabinet members of the outgoing administration, but President-elect Obama's apparent...

Jones brings experience, polish to security post

In this March 7, 2006 file photo, Gen. James Jones, Jr., commander of U.S. European Command and supreme allied commander, Europe, right, Gen. Burwell Bell, III, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, center, and Adm. William Fallon,...

U.S. needs new China plan, former commander says

In his first extensive interview since resigning from the navy this year, William Fallon, the former top U.S. military commander in the Pacific, said that the United States desperately needed to come up with a strategy for...