By UPI Staff
United Press International
May 16, 2007
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush named U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute as the White House's new "war czar" to coordinate U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the new position, Lute will oversee operations by both the military and the U.S. State Department.
"General Lute is a tremendously accomplished military leader who understands war and government and knows how to get things done," Bush said in a statement, The Washington Post reported.
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