AGE: roughly 53
OCCUPATION: Lieutenant General of the U.S. Army
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Now the second-ranking commander in Iraq behind Gen. David Petraeus, the 1976 West Point grad commanded the team that captured Saddam Hussein in 2003 and is a co-architect of the troop Surge in Baghdad.
CON: The general is still identified by his tendency to use heavy force — the primary reason Sunni Arabs were seduced by the insurgency. Of course, the iron fist may come in handy as the Surge ends and Shia militias reheat their armed opposition.