Bush Making Changes in His Iraq Team (WP)

As He Reviews War Policy, Deep Divisions Remain

By Robin Wright and Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 5, 2007; Page A01

... <The Administration> is set to announce that Army Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, who gained fame for his early success in training Iraqi troops and securing a volatile city in northern Iraq, will replace Gen. George W. Casey Jr. as commander of the multinational forces in Iraq, officials say.

The administration also intends to nominate Navy Adm. William J. Fallon to head the Central Command, replacing Gen. John P. Abizaid as the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East. Some military officials consider Fallon an unusual choice, because he is a naval officer in charge of the Pacific Command with limited experience in the Middle East and would be in charge of two ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

On the diplomatic side, the White House will appoint veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan C. Crocker, the current envoy to Pakistan, who began his career in the 1970s in Iraq, as the new ambassador to Baghdad. The controversial current ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, will be nominated to become the top U.S. envoy at the United Nations, replacing John R. Bolton, U.S. officials say ...

Bush is expected to announce today that Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte will return to the State Department as deputy to Condoleezza Rice, and retired Navy Adm. John M. McConnell will take the top U.S. intelligence job, U.S. officials say. McConnell directed the National Security Agency from 1992 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010402026.html

It only hit me just now, reading the quoted parts of this WaPo article.

Slim pickings, IMO.

The commander in chief doesn't seem to be able to command?

I was stunned I hadn't stopped to think about that yet either.

So it's a good question. The Iraqis are on dry ground (the Tigris and Euphrates don't count as Navy territory). So what gives here?

on everything you wanna know about the SOVIET UNION!!! WOW!!!

Oh my, oh my, we are SO well-served. :eyes:

They said she was a good Soviet expert.

There were no good Soviet experts.

answer: change the generals on the ground

stepping down in April after being asked to leave is party...permanently!!
Tony will begin his new job at --> get a load of this, The Carlyle Group