Editing Anthony Zinni (section)

===Special envoy===
From 2001 to 2003, Zinni served as a [[special envoy]] for the U.S. to [[Israel]] and the [[Palestinian Authority]].

In August 2017, he traveled to the Persian Gulf at the request of [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Rex Tillerson]] to help mediate the [[Qatar diplomatic crisis]].<ref name="ae">{{cite news |work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |title=US dispatching retired general to work on Qatar dispute  |first=Joyce |last=Karam |date=August 2, 2017 |url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/us-dispatching-retired-general-to-work-on-qatar-dispute-1.616142 |access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref> Zinni resigned from his position as an envoy in January 2019, for he thought he could not resolve the dispute.<ref>{{cite web |last=South |first=Todd |title=Retired 4-star Marine resigns from Middle East envoy in Qatar dispute |url=https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/01/08/retired-4-star-marine-resigns-from-middle-east-envoy-in-qatar-dispute/ |work=[[Marine Corps Times]] |date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hansler |first1=Jennifer |last2=Atwood |first2=Kylie |title=US envoy working on Qatar dispute quits Trump admin |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/zinni-state-departure/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Brennan |first=Margaret |title=U.S. envoy working on Qatar dispute resigns from State Department |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-zinni-us-envoy-working-on-qatar-dispute-resigns/ |work=[[CBS News]] |date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=DeYoung |first=Karen |title=U.S. special envoy working on Persian Gulf disputes steps down |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-special-envoy-working-on-persian-gulf-disputes-steps-down/2019/01/08/9e24a846-1364-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}</ref>