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| Petraeus Being Considered for CIA Director |
| 2011-04-07 |
| [Tolo News] The US commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus is being seriously considered for CIA director and will quit his current position by early autumn. General Petraeus is expected to take the job if offered according to many sources including US government officials, NPR has written. The present CIA Chief, Leon Panetta, is being considered to replace Defence Secretary Robert Gates. Mr Gates has reportedly said he will step down this year. White House and Pentagon officials have declined to comment on personnel changes, according to NPR. Adm. James Stavridis, NATO's ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... present supreme commander is expected to become the Chief of Naval Operations. Gen. Petraeus had refused an offer to take the top NATO job in Brussels which left him few high profile military jobs, sources have told NPR. General Martin Dempsey has already taken over as the Army Chief of Staff and the chances that Petraeus will be considered for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are said to be low. David Petraues to expected to be replaced with the current deputy commanding office of the US Central Command Marine Lt Gen. John Allen. However, The ever-popular However... final decisions have yet to be made. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Color me skeptical that Barry will leave either the intelligence community or the military in better condition than he found them. By the way, how did his basketball picks turn out? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-04-07 16:51 |
| #2 The CBS "Political Hotsheet" blog had this the other day: Current CIA Director Leon Panetta is seen as a likely replacement for Gates, NPR reports. NATO's current supreme commander, U.S. Adm. James Stavridis, is expected to become the Navy's chief of operations. Marine Gen. James "Hoss" Cartwright is expected to be nominated as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when Adm. Mike Mullen leaves the post in September. Haattip Michael Yon on Facebook. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-07 16:34 |
| #1 Does he not need a break? |
| Posted by: newc 2011-04-07 10:08 |