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Gen. Petraeus Picked to Lead U.S. Central Command
by Jarrett Martineau | April 23, 2008 at 07:24 am | 275 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations
David Petraeus has been recommended to lead Central Command, the U.S. military's Middle East operations. Patreaus will replace former Adm. William Fallon who resigned in March.
WASHINGTON, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates Wednesday will recommend the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, to lead Central Command, the military command responsible for Middle East operations.Gates' recommendation must go to President Bush, who will then send the nomination to the U.S. Senate.
Petraeus, who has overseen a war strategy widely credited with a dramatic reduction in violence in Iraq, will replace former Adm. William Fallon, who resigned after a reported break with Bush over Iran policy.
Pentagon sources also said they expected Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, now No. 2 in Iraq, to replace Petraeus as top commander in that war. They said Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Gates' military advisor, would likely become the No. 2 commander in Iraq.
April 23, 2008 at 07:24 am by Jarrett Martineau, 275 views, 1 comment
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at 14:02 on April 23rd, 2008
The Bush boot-licker gets the plum, 'Push-the-button-and-kill-a-bunch-of-brown-guys-over-there-with-no-risk-to-my-own
-cowardly-ass.' job as we all knew he would.
OOooooweeee! Late night threesomes with Dick and George at the Whitehouse!