Jim Jones, Obama's National Security Adviser
When George W. Bush decided in late 2007 to make a final-year push for Middle East peace, he turned to retired Marine general James L. Jones for help. But after two months as Bush's Middle East envoy, Jones concluded that brokering a deal between Israel and the Palestinians inside of 12 months was, in his words, a "grandiose hope." So Jones turned his attention to the more modest goal of making peace in one city in the Palestinian-controlled West Bank.
Now Jones is about to become Barack Obama's National Security Adviser amid the worst violence between Palestinians and Israelis in eight...
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