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EXCLUSIVE: Austin approves downgrade of 5 general officer jobs at embassies

The memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, reverses course on four previously planned downgrades for the SDO/DATT for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, as well as the role of the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC).

By Aaron Mehta

Congress

US-Israel-Palestine security role facing downgrade; can a colonel do a general’s job?

Amos Gilead, a retired general officer for the IDF, told Breaking Defense, "Especially at this time, this decision is a mistake. It is a mutual American and Israeli interest to strengthen the US influence on the relations between Israel and the Palestinian authority."

By Arie Egozi and Aaron Mehta