E-mail a friendApril 18, 2006
(Ret.) Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni weighs in on the growing opposition to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. Yale junior Hyder Akbar, author of Come Back to Afghanistan, reflects on his dual identity.
(Ret.) Gen. Anthony Zinni
(Ret.) Gen. Anthony Zinni
For four years, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) Gen. Anthony Zinni, led the Central Command in charge of all American troops in the Middle East. After his retirement, he was appointed U.S. envoy to the Middle East, one of the highest U.S. diplomatic posts. Gen. Zinni has since broken ranks with the administration over the war in Iraq. Last year, he joined M.I.C. Industries as President for International Operations. Zinni has also written two books on his career and foreign affairs, including Battle for Peace.
Hyder Akbar
Hyder Akbar
Born in Afghanistan but raised in the U.S., Hyder Akbar shares his personal journey as a teen struggling with his identity in his book, Come Back to Afghanistan. After 9/11, Akbar's father sold his California business and returned to his homeland, becoming President Karzai's spokesman and, later, the governor of the rural province Kunar. Akbar joined him over 3 successive summers - an experience that changed his life. Now a junior at Yale, he founded Wadan-Afghanistan, to help rebuild the country.