And the next commander of Central Command is...

[Farnan]

General David Petreaus - Current Commander of MNF-I. As commander of Central Command he will be in charge of US operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

General Ray Odierno - Was Deputy Commander of MNF-I under Petreaus and will now take command of MNF-I and be in charge of operations in Iraq

General Chiarelli - Robert Gates chief military advisor will become the US Army Vice Chief of Staff, he was the Deputy Commander of MNF-I in Iraq. As Vice Chairman of the US Army he will have large responsibility to direct doctrine.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h...TGqHQD907QM4O0

[scottishranger]

I suppose this is good news. Success should be rewarded after all. It just seems Petraeus is the face of all that is good in the Iraq war to the public, and this might confuse the masses.

Congratulations to them all though. Hopefully this goes well.

[Pontifex Maximus]

I'm sad to see Petraeus go. I read an article in The Week about him and watched him on the news frequently. He seemed to be a great guy. This new man seems to be old though. (from pictures I have seen)

[Farnan]

The new guy was Petreaus' Deputy so he should be good.

Also Petreaus will still be there except in charge of both Iraq and Afghanistan instead of just Iraq.