John Allen - Obama Presidency Oral History Back John Allen Index / People Transcripts Ryan Crocker ...of defense at this time. General John [R.] Allen . How should historians understandin... ...But I was delighted to be going in with John Allen . He had been assistant brigad... ...when I was ambassador. And it was John Allen who really built the Sunni awakenin... ...he did. We had a lot of rough meetings, John Allen and I. Wherever possible, as Dave an... ...and let's see what we can do. And John Allen was absolutely crucial to that, again... ...except when lawyers got together. And John Allen was there, I think, for every singl... ...agenda item number one with this. And John Allen got that. He said, “Look, we're alread... ...You know, if you know him at all, John Allen is a very affable guy, but boy, when h... Show more... Brett McGurk ...the deputy presidential envoy, with John Allen . Then, when John moved on, I becam... ...the area we were in—I flew out with John Allen to see them in the really early days... Martin Dempsey ...that time— [David] Petraeus to the CIA; General John Allen , commander of International Securit... Tom Donilon ...the Pentagon, with Dave Petraeus and General John Allen , who was the deputy CENTCOM [Centra... Azizullah Royesh ...from Afghanistan. The other person, General [John] Allen , he was very explicit in saying tha... Related Topics go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Democrats Democrats