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'''Daniel A. Pick''' is an [[colonel]] in the [[United States Army]], an advisor to GEN [[Stanley McChrystal]], senior officer in the [[Afghanistan War (2001-)]]. He was deputy coordinator of the Strategic Assessment Group. | '''Daniel A. Pick''' is an [[colonel]] in the [[United States Army]], an advisor to GEN [[Stanley McChrystal]], senior officer in the [[Afghanistan War (2001-)]]. He was deputy coordinator of the Strategic Assessment Group. | ||
He was an intelligence officer | He was an intelligence officer in 3/66 Armor Battalion in the [[Gulf War]], and group intelligence officer for the [[1st Special Forces Group]]. As a Foreign Area Officer (FAO), he was Kuwaiti Land Forces Advisor; Team Leader, Human Intelligence Team, 2nd Battalion, [[10th Special Forces Group]] (Airborne), Northern Iraq; Army Attaché, [[U.S. Mission to Jordan]]; Iraq Policy Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense; and FAO Program Director, Defense Language Institute. | ||
His master's thesis from Princeton was on the [[Shi'a]] theory of governance, ''[[wilayat al-faqih]]'' used by [[Ruhollah Khomeni]]. <ref name=ADA373002>{{citation | His master's thesis from Princeton was on the [[Shi'a]] theory of governance, ''[[wilayat al-faqih]]'' used by [[Ruhollah Khomeni]]. <ref name=ADA373002>{{citation |
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Daniel A. Pick is an colonel in the United States Army, an advisor to GEN Stanley McChrystal, senior officer in the Afghanistan War (2001-). He was deputy coordinator of the Strategic Assessment Group.
He was an intelligence officer in 3/66 Armor Battalion in the Gulf War, and group intelligence officer for the 1st Special Forces Group. As a Foreign Area Officer (FAO), he was Kuwaiti Land Forces Advisor; Team Leader, Human Intelligence Team, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Northern Iraq; Army Attaché, U.S. Mission to Jordan; Iraq Policy Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense; and FAO Program Director, Defense Language Institute.
His master's thesis from Princeton was on the Shi'a theory of governance, wilayat al-faqih used by Ruhollah Khomeni. [1]
Education
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization from the University of Washington, a *Master of Military Studies from Marine Corps University
- Master of Arts degree in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University
- Languages: Arabic, Persian-Farsi, Persian-Dari, and Assyrian.
- ↑ Daniel D. Pick, The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Importance of Khomeini's "Mandate of the Jurist", Princeton University