Mr. Fernandez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1958 and arrived in the United States as a refugee in 1959.
He served in the US Army and Reserves from 1976 to 1981.
A graduate of the U.S. Army Intelligence School at Ft. Huachuca, he studied Arabic at the Defense Language Institute-Foreign Language Center from 1976 to 1977.
From 1977 to 1979, he served in the 519th Military Intelligence Batallion/18th Military Intelligence Group/18th Airborne Corps in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
He graduated from the University of Arizona in 1981 with a B.A. in Middle East Studies. In 1983, he obtained an M.A. in Middle East Studies from the University of Arizona.
Mr. Fernandez has received several departmental awards including a Superior Honor Award in 2003 for his work in Afghanistan, Senior Foreign Service Performance Pay for 2003, 2 Sustained Superior Performance Awards, several Group Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards and USIA’s Linguist of the Year Award for 1996
Wesley Clark has a pretty impressive resume too. As did George McClellan.. I guess resumes aren't everything though.
Well, he's went over to "The Dark Side".
He follows the State Dept. Commie line:" Let's be nice--and they will be nice".
So what? He could be the best brown-noser of the year and it doesn't change the fact that he should be canned immediately for what he said. If any person working for any employer in this country went out and badmouthed said employer, that employee would be canned in a heartbeat. Why should this person be treated differently?Mr. Fernandez ...
He served in the US Army and Reserves from 1976 to 1981.
A graduate of the U.S. Army Intelligence School at Ft. Huachuca, he studied Arabic at the Defense Language Institute-Foreign Language Center from 1976 to 1977.
From 1977 to 1979, he served in the 519th Military Intelligence Batallion/18th Military Intelligence Group/18th Airborne Corps in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
He graduated from the University of Arizona in 1981 with a B.A. in Middle East Studies. In 1983, he obtained an M.A. in Middle East Studies from the University of Arizona.
Mr. Fernandez has received several departmental awards including a Superior Honor Award in 2003 for his work in Afghanistan, Senior Foreign Service Performance Pay for 2003, 2 Sustained Superior Performance Awards, several Group Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards and USIA’s Linguist of the Year Award for 1996
An educated fool, in other words.
He also talks up these crazy imams and sheiks that openly call for the destruction of Israel and the United States, and how suicide bombings are honorable... her refers to them as "scholars" and "figures worth of utmost respect" constantly.
He says its just 'BS fluff to be nice', but lack of clarity on who are the bad guys and who deserves respect is the LAST thing state should be encouraging.