Douglas Lute

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Lt. Gen. Douglas Edward Lute is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and public servant who served as the United States permanent representative to NATO from 2013 to 2017. He was nominated for the post by President Obama on May 23, 2013, confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013, via voice vote, and assumed his position on September 3, 2013.

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"With the military forces that remained in NATO we took our show on the road."

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"We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan — we didnt know what we were doing. ... What are we trying to do here? We didnt have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking."

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