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Obama Sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- In a major national security reshuffle, President Barack Obama is sending CIA Director Leon Panetta to the Pentagon to replace Robert Gates, a widely praised Bush holdover, and replacing Panetta at the spy agency with Gen. David Petraeus, the high-profile commander of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Obama's changes, expected to be announced at the White House on Thursday, also will include a new ambassador and war commander in Afghanistan. However, they don't signal any major adjustment in the president's Afghan strategy or the fight against violent extremism. The moves ...
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Obama Reportedly to Make Major National Security Leadership Changes
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the nation's top national security leadership, administration and other sources said Wednesday. All sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the changes are not final. Getty Images Leon Panetta, left, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and ...
Petraeus Says He's Not Sure What Next Post Will Be
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan -- Gen. David Petraeus said Saturday that he's not sure what his next job will be but that he has committed to staying as the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan through the current fighting season. Petraeus addressed speculation about his future job while talking to reporters at a farewell ceremony for top NATO civilian representative Mark Sedwill held at the coalition's headquarters in the Afghan capital. Dusan Vranic , AP Gen. David Petraeus says that he is not sure what his next job will be. "Actually, I don't know," Petraeus said, responding to ...
AP: Terror Suspects Held for Weeks in Secret Jails
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan -- The CIA's infamous secret network of "black site" interrogation centers is gone. But suspected terrorists in Afghanistan are being held and interrogated for weeks at temporary sites, including one run by the elite special operations forces at Bagram Air Base, according to U.S. officials who revealed details of the detention network to The Associated Press. The Pentagon has previously denied operating secret jails in Afghanistan, although human rights groups and former detainees have described the facilities. U.S. military and other government officials confirmed that the ...
Pentagon to Buy More Tethered Balloons to Watch Over Afghanistan
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsHelium-filled balloons equipped with cameras are gaining popularity with the U.S. military as a cheaper alternative to using high-flying drones in Afghanistan, and now the Pentagon plans to buy another half dozen of the tethered craft to keep watch over the Kandahar Airfield. The Pentagon has already deployed tethered aerostats -- essentially blimps tied to the ground -- to Afghanistan as part of what is called the Persistent Ground Surveillance System, which combines lighter-than-air vehicles with cameras and a ground control station. Military officials have credited the aerostats with ...
Petraeus Reveals That Son Served in Afghanistan
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Challenged by a congressman to "be honest" about how long American troops might have to fight in Afghanistan, Army Gen. David Petraeus revealed that he has a personal stake in ensuring that the U.S. war objectives are met -- his son, Stephen, whose recent combat tour was kept "very quiet." In an emotional exchange with Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., Petraeus said "if I ever felt that we couldn't achieve our objectives," he would be "very forthright" not only with his superiors in the military chain of command but also with President Barack Obama and members of the Congress. ...
First US Cuts in Afghanistan Likely to Include Combat Forces
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The initial U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan in July probably will include combat as well as non-combat forces, the top U.S. commander there told a House committee on Wednesday. Army Gen. David Petraeus mentioned no numbers, nor did he identify which combat units might be pulled out to begin what President Barack Obama has called a responsible winding down of the war by 2014. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, led off questioning of Petraeus by asking whether combat troops would be included in the July ...
Afghan President Rejects US Apology Over Killings
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's president on Sunday rejected a U.S. apology for the mistaken killing of nine Afghan boys in a NATO air attack and said civilian casualties are no longer acceptable. According to a statement from his office, Hamid Karzai told Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, that expressing regret was not sufficient in last week's killing of the boys, ages 12 and under, by coalition helicopters. NATO has also apologized for the mistaken killings. Civilian casualties from coalition operations are a major source of strain in the ...
Petraeus Apologizes After Gunships Kill 9 Afghan Children
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsGen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has issued a rare apology for an airstrike that killed nine children gathering firewood in the east of the country. A 10th child was wounded. "We are deeply sorry for this tragedy and apologize to the members of the Afghan government, the people of Afghanistan and, most importantly, the surviving family members of those killed by our actions," Petraeus said in a statement. "These deaths should have never happened." Petraeus' swift apology Wednesday came hours after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the deaths were the ...
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