Press Release(2006)089
14 July/juillet
2006
NOMINATION OF GENERAL BANTZ J. CRADDOCK, US
ARMY, TO SUCCEED GENERAL JAMES L. JONES AS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER,
EUROPE
NATO today approved the nomination of General Bantz J.
Craddock, US Army, to succeed General James L. Jones, as Supreme Allied
Commander, Europe.
In a letter to NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer, U.S. President George W. Bush asked the NATO Member States to agree to
release General Jones from his assignment as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe,
at a date yet to be determined. The NATO Defence Planning Committee, which takes
this decision, agreed but also expressed to General Jones, in the name of NATO
governments, their gratitude for his distinguished service.
President
Bush proposed General Craddock take up the position of SACEUR. In
response, the Defence Planning Committee today approved the nomination of
General Craddock to succeed General Jones as Supreme Allied Commander,
Europe. Pending US Senate confirmation, General Craddock will assume the
positions of both SACEUR and Commander, U.S. European Command.