part of a French mediation effort, for the post of Foreign Minister. The proposal was described by Lebanese President Michel Aoun as "too good to be true", but was rejected by Hezbollah and the Amal Movement's Nabih Berri, who bears animosity towards Jaber since the February 6 Intifada, when the latter refused to defect from the Lebanese Army to join Berri. Jaber had been nominated for the posts of Foreign Minister and Defense Minister several times before by Presidents Emile Lahoud, Michel Suleiman and Aoun, but his nomination was vetoed each time by Berri. Jaber is regularly hosted and cited as a military and Middle East politics expert by such outlets as the Associated Press, the New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post, The Economist, BBC, France 24, Al Jazeera and others. References Hisham Jaber Curriculum Vitae at Help and Data (H&D), the Middle-East Center for Studies and Public Relations Le général Jaber obtient un doctorat à la Sorbonne December 22, 1997 L'Orient-Le Jour "A decisive peace or continued uncertainty?" August 17, 2006 CNN Your World Today interview with Jaber, Isaac Herzog and David Gergen "Bomb under road may have killed Hariri" February 19, 2005 Associated Press article citing Jaber, hosted by MSNBC May 11, 2008 Al Jazeera English Inside Story interview with Jaber "Help & Data aims to provide its customers with just that" 1942 births University of Kansas alumni University of Paris alumni Lebanese military personnel Living people Lebanese businesspeople Political commentators Lebanese Shia Muslims Non-U.S. alumni of the Command and General Staff College People from South Lebanon