Keane ended up briefly working at the White House and then later traveled to Iraq several times to advise General Petraeus. When Keane declined, Cheney pressed him to come work in the White House and oversee both the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq Keane again declined. Keane was asked by then-Vice President Cheney to go back on active duty and lead the surge in the field. And when you walk out of that room, feel good that you got it all out there." So that was sound advice, and I did put it all out there.
Most people go in the Oval Office, even people who go in there a lot, have a tendency in front of the President of the United States to always leave something on the table." He said, "Don't leave anything on the table." He said, "You're going to get about 15 minutes at best and put it all out there. Of his initial meeting with President Bush regarding the surge, Keane said he made a phone call to Newt Gingrich to ask his advice prior to the meeting. This deployment has been nicknamed the 2007 " surge". Bush ordered on January 10, 2007, the deployment of 21,500 additional troops to Iraq, most of whom would be deployed to Baghdad. In part convinced by this paper, President George W. Kagan released a policy paper titled "Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq," through the American Enterprise Institute that called for bringing security by putting 30,000 additional American troops there for a period of at least 18 months.
In January 2007, Keane and scholar Frederick W. occupation of Iraq, as a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee. He served an advisory role in the management of the U.S. Keane receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump in 2020įollowing his retirement, he has served as an informal advisor to presidents and other senior officials.
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