From September 1996 until August 1997, Zinni served as the Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command. His final tour was from August 1997 to September 2000 as the Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Zinni
So he headed CENTCOM just after Khobar Towers (Jun 96) and during the twin embassy bombings in Africa (Aug 98).
He also supervised our withdrawal from Somalia.