William H. McRaven, the military commander who planned the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, will step down after just three years leading the University of Texas system. The Houston Chronicle quoted Mr. McRaven as saying that health concerns had motivated his decision.
“I’ve been dealing with some health issues,” he said. “They are not serious, but they have caused me to rethink my future. As I enter the fourth quarter of my life there’s still a lot of things I want to do. I want to teach, I want to write. I want to do some traveling. As hackneyed as it sounds when someone is stepping down, I want to spend more time with my family.”
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