Confidential Not for Circulation MEMORANDUM To: Maen Areikat From: Negotiations Support Unit Subject: US Envoys Dayton, Jones and Frazier: Mission Description and Biographical Highlights Date: January 13, 2008 Lieutenant-General Keith W. Dayton, US Army: US Security Coordinator for Israel - Palestinian Authority Role In the past the USSC had been given a broad mandate over security related issues (training, equipping security forces as well as tackling the problems of smuggling through tunnels and the rocket attacks from Gaza). Its work also extended to movement and access (certain aspects of the implementation of the AMA), in particular the Gaza crossings, the deployment therein of the Presidential Guards and the upgrade of the GACB. At present, given the takeover in Gaza and the recent appointment of two other US envoys and Quartet envoy Blair, the mission scope has been restricted to training the equipment of security forces operating in parts of the West Bank. Highlights from Biography Assignments: Gen. Dayton was commissioned as an artillery officer through the Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1970. Prior to his current assignment, he spent 37 years in a variety of command and staff assignments, most recently serving as the director of the Iraq Survey Group during Operation Iraqi Freedom and as Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3, United States Army, before his current assignment as U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Other key assignments include deputy director for Politico-Military Affairs, Joint Staff; United States Defense Attaché, Moscow, Russia; senior Army fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations, New York. Publications: He has written many technical articles over the course of his career, as well as was one of the co-authors of The Future of NATO: Facing an Unreliable Enemy in an Uncertain Environment, a study on the future of NATO published in 1991. Education: Dayton received a BS in history from the College of William and Mary; an MA in history from Cambridge University, and an MA international relations from the University of Southern California. He studied Russian at the Defense Language Institute and was a student of the Soviet Union Foreign Area Officer Overseas Training Program, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the Senior service College Fellowship at Harvard University. 1 Confidential Not for Circulation General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.) US Special Envoy for Middle East Security Role Per Sec. Rice in her announcement of the appointment: “General Jones will advance our objective of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He will work with Israelis and Palestinians on the full range of security issues and he will work to strengthen security for both sides. General Jones will work with Lieutenant General Keith Dayton, who will continue his mission of helping the Palestinian Authority to build and rationalize its security forces. General Jones will also engage with key countries to support Middle East security. He will design and implement a new U.S. Government plan for our security assistance to the Palestinian Authority and our security cooperation with the Israeli and Palestinian governments. In all of these efforts, General Jones will report directly to me and I will look to him for candid, independent advice and assessments of our efforts.” Per Stephen Hadley: “Secretary Rice has asked retired General Jim Jones to step back and help the Israelis and the Palestinians develop a broad security concept for ensuring that Israel and a Palestinian state both are secure in a broader regional environment where there are obviously considerable challenges.” Highlights from biography Chairman of the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq: Appointed: By Congress in June 2007, report concluded in September 2007 Role: Chaired the independent commission to assess the readiness of the Iraqi Security Forces, their capabilities, and how support and training by US forces can contribute to their effectiveness. Notes: General Jones’ testimony to Congress was critical of the Iraqi security forces, but offered suggestions on how to move forward, including getting rid of Iraq’s national police force and trying to change the image of the U.S. forces as occupiers. Commander of US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR): Appointed: Nominated by President Bush in January 2003 and confirmed by NATO member states, served until 2006 Role: Commanded 38,000 service members from the alliance’s 26 member countries. NATO operations under his command included Afghanistan’s International Security Assistance Force, peacekeeping in Kosovo, “Operation Active Endeavor” in the Mediterranean, supporting the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur region, and training the new Iraqi military’s officer corps. While overseeing NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Jones emphasized the importance of a comprehensive approach to solving the conflict, which included international aid and reconstruction efforts targeted at combating corruption and the drug trade. Notes: As SACEUR, Israel was included in General Jones’ area of responsibility. 32nd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps: Appointed: nominated by President Clinton in April 1999 and approved by the Senate for appointment to the rank of general from lieutenant general and assignment as the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps Role: General Jones began his term of service in July 1999, making him a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 2 Confidential Not for Circulation Previous Career in the Marine Corps: Commissioned: General Jones was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in January 1967. Role: His career in the Marines spanned five decades, during which he served in a variety of posts both domestically and abroad, including Vietnam, Japan, Iraq, Turkey, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia. General William Frazier, USAF Official Title: TBD (Bush names general William Frazier to monitor road map peace plan – White House) Role Per Stephen Hadley: “General Frasier's job is to be in dialogue with Palestinians and Israelis and get the facts on what each of them is doing to implement the road map -- what they are doing, what they are not doing -- and to bring that to their attention, which is part of this process of encouraging the parties to move forward on their obligations to complete the road map.” Highlights from Biography Most Recent Assignments May 1998-May 1999, Chief of Staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. May 1999-December 2000, Commander, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La. December 2000-December 2002, Deputy Director for National Systems Operations, the Joint Staff; Director, Defense Space Reconnaissance Program; and Deputy Director for Military Support, National Reconnaissance Office, Washington, D.C. January 2003-present, Director of Operations, Headquarters AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas Education (Highlights) 1974 Bachelor of Science degree in engineering technology, Texas A&M University 1980 Master of Science degree in management information systems, University of Northern Colorado 1987 National Security Management Course 1995 Executive Development Program, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 2000 National Security Leadership Course, National Security Studies, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 2002 Executive Program for Russian and U.S. General Officers, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 2002 Senior Intelligence Fellows Program 2003 Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 3.