Reply #32: Wrong...NATO General, SAC-EUR Supreme ALLIED Cmdr. [View All]

Dwight D. Eisenhower: 2 April, 1951 - 30 May, 1952
Matthew Ridgway: 30 May, 1952 - 11 July, 1953
Alfred Gruenther: 1 July, 1953 - 20 November, 1956
Lauris Norstad: 20 November, 1956 - 1 January, 1963
Lyman Lemnitzer: 1 January, 1963 - 1 July, 1969
Andrew Goodpaster: 1 July, 1969 - 15 December, 1974
Alexander Haig: 15 December, 1974 - 1 July, 1979
Bernard Rogers: 1 July, 1979 - 26 June, 1987
John Galvin: 26 June, 1987 - 23 June, 1992
John Shalikashvili: 23 June, 1992 - 22 October, 1993
George Joulwan: 22 October, 1993 - 11 July, 1997
Wesley Clark: 11 July, 1997 - 3 May, 2000
Joseph Ralston: 3 May, 2000 - 17 January, 2003
James L. Jones: 17 January, 2003 - present

Note: starting with Ridgway all SACEUR have been simultaneously Commander in Chief, US European Command (CINCEUR)

Clark headed the US military team during negotiations that led to the Bosnian Peace Accords at Dayton, under the overall leadership of Richard Holbrooke.

From 1997, he was head of the U.S. European Command (CINCEUR), responsible for about 109,000 U.S. troops and all U.S. military activities in 89 countries and territories of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. As Supreme Allied Commander (SACEUR) he also had overall command of NATO military forces in Europe and led approximately 60,000 troops from 37 NATO and other nations in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

As SACEUR, he confronted Yugoslavia over Kosovo. NATO's 78-day bombing campaign ended with the Kumanovo truce, a withdrawal of Yugoslav military and police force from Kosovo, and the entry of NATO and other KFor forces. In December, 2003, he testified during Milosevic's trial. His appearance was not public and transcripts of his testimony were subject to U.S. review before being released, a precaution the U.S. didn't take when Madeleine Albright testified. Clark's testimony was sought because he had spoken with Milosevic for a total of more than 100 hours, in his role as the head of the U.S. military team during the Dayton Agreement negotiations and as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.

http://www.issues2000.org/2004/Wesley_Clark_Foreign_Policy.htm