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Article: Change at top of Central Command puts US Army back in charge, for now
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- March 28, 2008
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One of the U.S. Army's most Iraq-savvy generals took charge Friday of arguably the most important command in the U.S. military, the one with responsibility for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In a ceremony attended by top Pentagon officials, Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey assumed temporary command of U.S. Central Command, replacing Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, who relinquished his post after just one year in the assignment. President George W. Bush has not yet nominated a permanent replacement.
Fallon had announced unexpectedly on March 11 that he was quitting, days after a magazine reported that he was at odds with Bush over Iran policy. He said the report had become a distraction.