Following the September 11 attacks in 2001 , Hambley served as political advisor to the commander of the U.S. Air Force deployment in the Middle East during the conflict against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan . He was then appointed as director of a newly-established Media Outreach Center in London in March 2003 . This is a specialized unit created under the authority of the U.S. Congress in early that year . The goal of this center is to improve dialog with the pan-Arab media and to monitor the programming and coverage of various pan-Arab newspapers and satellite television networks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Mark Gregory Hambley