Elephants in Academia: An interview with Colonel Michael Everett

re: "In our second interview, Jeff and I sat down with Colonel Michael Everett, who works on strategic effects for MNF-I. What this means is that he advises General Bill Caldwell and General David Petraeus on the development of the Iraqi parliament. So while Colonel Everett may not be a household name, he is deeply involved in encouraging the Iraqis to develop legislative tools to resolve their differences and advance their new nation. Colonel Everett has served 23 years in the army as an Infantry officer, as secretary to the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and with the NATO training mission in Iraq. He then taught at the Army War College and returned to Iraq in May, 2006. / Given the nature of his appointment, Colonel Everett is in a position to focus on the thorny issue of developing a national Iraqi institutions from the perspective of someone who deals with the Iraqis every day, and as such it was an unusually informative and detailed interview--and not the sort of thing we could get in the US..."...