Douglas Lute

thumb|Douglas Lute Douglas Lute (born November 3, 1952) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general. He was a senior advisor to the U.S. government during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He served from 2013 to 2017 as the United States Permanent Representative to NATO. Quotes With the military forces that remained in NATO we took our show on the road. The Wars of Today and Tomorrow: A Conversation with Amb. Douglas Lute 13 February 2017 United States Institute of Peace YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrKQPm5pqso (quote at 4:48 of 1:31:00) We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan — we didn't know what we were doing. ... What are we trying to do here? We didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking. as quoted by Craig Whitlock in: The Afghanistan Papers. A Secret History of the War: At War with the Truth 9 December 2019 Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/ External links Category:Living people Category:1952 births Category:Military leaders from the United States Category:United States Permanent Representatives to NATO Category:People from Indiana Category:United States Military Academy alumni Category:Harvard University alumni Category:United States Army people