Good News of the Day
PETRAEUS TAPPED TO HEAD CENTCOM
General David Petraeus received a well deserved promotion this week: President Bush nominated him to run U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), replacing Admiral William Fallon, who resigned last month. Petraeus is the current commander in Iraq and the brilliant architect of the troop “surge” that has worked so well to quell the insurgency there. CENTCOM covers both Iraq and Afghanistan, and the new position puts Petraeus directly under Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Bush. It also allows for consistency of strategy going forward. Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Raymond Odierno will be promoted to take Petreaus’s place as commander of Iraq operations. Odierno currently commands the Army’s 3rd Corps at Fort Hood, Texas. If confirmed, the two men will lead our military in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning in late summer or early fall, and into the next administration. That is heartening indeed.
- From the Patriot Post
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