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Article: Bush Nominates Petraeus To Lead Central Command
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- The Washington Post
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- April 24, 2008
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Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq and
the public face of the war effort there, became President Bush's
nominee yesterday to supervise U.S. military operations in the
Middle East and Central Asia as head of Central Command, putting him
in position to oversee American strategy in Iraq for years to come.
Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who worked closely with Petraeus as
the No. 2 commander in Iraq until two months ago, was nominated to
receive a fourth star and to take Petraeus's current job as the
leader of Multi-National Force-Iraq.
Together, the moves would elevate the two military officers most
responsible for executing last year's new counterinsurgency strategy ...