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Senate Unanimously Confirms Petraeus As Afghanistan Commander

· Wednesday, June 30, 2010 · 1 comment

Just a week after he was named to replace General Stanley McChrystal, the Senate has unanimously confirmed David Petraeus as the new commander of American forces in Afghanistan:

General David Petraeus, the president’s pick to take over from Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the new commander of the troubled war in Afghanistan, was approved by the Senate Wednesday.

Obama tapped Petraeus to lead U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan after firing McChrystal for disparaging civilian leaders in an explosive magazine article.

The vote was unanimous, with senators backing his appointment 99 to 0.

Good luck General. And stay away from those Rolling Stone reporters.

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Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

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  1. legion says:
    Thursday, 1 July 2010 at 11:34

    Good luck General. And stay away from those Rolling Stone reporters.(

    I think better advice might be: Don’t develop a pathetically unprofessional and borderline seditious command attitude.

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