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Q&A: Gen. James Jones

The former national security adviser to President Obama calls for a U.S. policy shift that would embrace Iraqi Kurdistan's oil deals.
Then-National Security Adviser James Jones (Left) in a 2009 meeting at the U.S. base Camp Victory with the top U.S. general at the time in Iraq Ray Odierno and President Barack Obama. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - About a year after leaving his post as National Security Adviser to President Barack Obama, Gen. (Ret.) James Jones was tapped to lead a U.S. business trade group focused on increasing ties with Iraqi Kurdistan.

The United States-Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC) officially launched in April 2012. Jones has become a strong proponent of "energy security" as a strategic U.S. foreign policy objective, having served in positions at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and now the Bi-Partisan Policy Center.

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