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ZINNI: Let me -- you've also argued, though, General Zinni, that there should have been -- I don't -- let me not put words in your mouth.
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I have been informed by a State Department contact that Zinni was rejected after Clinton came under pressure from some major supporters in New York State who told her that the appointment was unacceptable to Israel because Zinni is perceived as “hostile” to the Jewish state.
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Zinni is also not considering the proxy war an attack on Iran would initiate with China and Russia, both effectively allies of Iran.
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Obama liked the idea and Biden called Zinni to congratulate him, but nothing was announced for several days, so Jones asked Clinton about the status.
Obama’s Wars Bob Woodward 2010
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Get the word out that Biden called Zinni, not giver-then-taker-away Obama.
"With General Zinni fuming in undiplomatic fashion about the way he was treated..." Ann Althouse 2009
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All he got was a blank look, so Jones called Zinni, who unloaded on his old friend, telling him, “Stick it where the sun don’t shine.”
Obama’s Wars Bob Woodward 2010
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Be interesting to hear a conversation between Zinni and Howard Dean.
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Or did Zinni jump to conclusions about what his participation in the campaign merited as reward?
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According to Rozen, Zinni and Jones, both Marine generals, have been friends for 30 years.
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As kind of a coda to the non-ambassador-to-Iraq-Tony-Zinni episode, I speculated at first about the optics of placing two generals — Zinni and Karl Eikenberry — in the all-important ambassadorships of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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