Major General John Batiste (* ca. 1953) is a retired officer of the United States Army. From March 2001 to June 2002 he worked with Paul Wolfowitz, and was involved in the very early planning stages of the Iraq war. In spring 2002 Eric Shinseki chose Batiste to be commander of the First Infantry Division of the United States Army, which was deployed to Iraq in December 2003, during the war. Wikipedia
Major General John Batiste was offered a promotion to become a three-star general, the second-highest-ranking military officer in Iraq. www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/25/1456251
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