JAY GARNER
(Jay Montgomery Garner)
After the military victory in Iraq, Garner was in charge of reconstruction and getting Iraqi civil servants paid. Then the President appointed Paul Bremer as the do facto Governor of Iraq. No sooner did Bremer arrive and take charge than he alienated most Iraqi and even American officials including Garner. Bremer wanted direct control of all civilian and military staff including Garner’s staff. Garner did go home, and Bremer totally controlled a difficult situation in post-war nation building of Iraq. By the end of Bremer’s tenure, the situation had deteriorated almost beyond repair.
Jay Montgomery Garner is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who in 2003 was appointed as Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq but was soon replaced by Ambassador Paul Bremer and the ambassador's successor organization to ORHA, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).