CAST OF CHARACTERS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Barack H. Obama
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Joseph R. Biden
THE WHITE HOUSE
White House Chief of Staff
Rahm I. Emanuel
Senior Adviser to the President
David M. Axelrod
White House Press Secretary
Robert L. Gibbs
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
National Security Adviser
General James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps, retired
Deputy National Security Adviser
Thomas E. Donilon
Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Afghanistan-Pakistan
Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, U.S. Army, retired
National Security Council Chief of Staff
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Mark W. Lippert |
January 20, 2009–October 2, 2009 |
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Denis McDonough |
October 2, 2009– |
Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
John O. Brennan
National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Antony J. Blinken
Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications
Benjamin Rhodes
Chairman, Interagency Policy Review of Afghanistan-Pakistan
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Bruce O. Riedel |
February 10–March 27, 2009 |
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Richard C. Holbrooke
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry, U.S. Army, retired
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
Anne W. Patterson
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Secretary of Defense
Robert M. Gates
Undersecretary for Policy
Michèle A. Flournoy
Geoffrey S. Morrell
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Director of National Intelligence
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Vice Admiral Michael McConnell, U.S. Navy, retired |
February 13, 2007–January 29, 2009 |
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Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy, retired |
January 29, 2009–May 28, 2010 |
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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General Michael V. Hayden, U.S. Air Force, retired |
May 30, 2006–February 19, 2009 |
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Leon Panetta |
February 19, 2009– |
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Stephen R. Kappes |
July 25, 2006–April 14, 2010 |
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Michael J. Morell |
May 6, 2010–(previously CIA Director for Intelligence, 2006–2010) |
UNITED STATES MILITARY
Commander, United States Central Command
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General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army |
October 31, 2008–June 30, 2010 |
Commander, U.S. and NATO forces, Afghanistan
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General David D. McKiernan, U.S. Army |
June 3, 2008–June 15, 2009 |
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General Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army |
June 15, 2009–June 23, 2010 |
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General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army |
July 4, 2010– |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Admiral Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Navy
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General James E. “Hoss” Cartwright, U.S. Marine Corps
Director of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence, Central Command
Colonel Derek Harvey, U.S. Army, retired
Spokesman for General Petraeus
Colonel Erik Gunhus, U.S. Army
AFGHANISTAN
President of Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai
Leader, Provincial Council of Kandahar; President Karzai’s half-brother
Ahmed Wali Karzai
PAKISTAN
President of Pakistan
Asif Ali Zardari
Chief of Staff of the Army of Pakistan
General Ashfaq Kayani
Pakistani Ambassador to the United States
Husain Haqqani