A former NATO Commander, General Jim Jones will be charged with melding military and diplomatic policy and with helping Obama navigate the two bureaucracies.
General Jones is president and chief executive officer of the US Chamber Institute for 21st Century Energy. From July 1999 to January 2003, Jones was the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps.
After relinquishing command as Commandant, he assumed the positions of Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) and Commander of the United States European Command (COMUSEUCOM), positions he held until December 2006.
During this final assignment, he encouraged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to regard global energy as a security issue and advocated that the alliance consider the defence of critical infrastructures as a 21st century collective security mission.
Jones retired from active duty in the US Marine Corps February 1, 2007, after more than 40 years of service.
Image: Obama flanked by Hillary and National Security Advisor nominee former marine General James Jones speaks at a press conference in Chicago, Illinios, on December 1.
Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
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