EAS_Intrepid
MSFC Staff Paramedic
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Apparently, Robert Gates (Republican) is to be replaced as Secretary of Defence of the USA and thus "director" of one of the largest Armed Forces in the world.
Leon Panetta, currently chief of the Central Intelligence Agency, will step up and take over the job.
At the same time General David Petraeus, currently Commanding Officer of CFrog and any other US-Soldier deployed to Afghanistan, will succeed Leon Panetta as head of the CIA. Petraeus' successor will be Lt.General John Allen (Deputy Chief of the US CENTCOM).
BBC News - Petraeus , Panetta to lead Pentagon
Wow. Quite a lot of people being pushed around to other jobs. The changes will be put in place over the latter half of 2011. Petraeus said he want's to stay in Afghanistan for the Spring/Summer campaigns.
I just wondered: Shouldn't there be a clear diversion between Intelligence services as the CIA and the Armed Forces? Why Petraeus? He was CO of the 101 Airborne during the Iraq war... Why someone Army (or military) to head the CIA? Maybe Petraeus would make a better DoD boss than a CIA guy...
On another note: Hamas and Fatah (the two main factions of the Palestinian political scene) have released press statements about a contract between the two former rivals to cooperate. General elections for a parliament and a President are to be held. Since the Hamas still wants to eradicate Israel (the only Jewish nation on our small blue planet) and is backed by Iran and the Lebanese terrorist organizaion Hizbollah this might lead to heigthened tension in the Middle East.
BBC News - Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas
Leon Panetta, currently chief of the Central Intelligence Agency, will step up and take over the job.
At the same time General David Petraeus, currently Commanding Officer of CFrog and any other US-Soldier deployed to Afghanistan, will succeed Leon Panetta as head of the CIA. Petraeus' successor will be Lt.General John Allen (Deputy Chief of the US CENTCOM).
BBC News - Petraeus , Panetta to lead Pentagon
Wow. Quite a lot of people being pushed around to other jobs. The changes will be put in place over the latter half of 2011. Petraeus said he want's to stay in Afghanistan for the Spring/Summer campaigns.
I just wondered: Shouldn't there be a clear diversion between Intelligence services as the CIA and the Armed Forces? Why Petraeus? He was CO of the 101 Airborne during the Iraq war... Why someone Army (or military) to head the CIA? Maybe Petraeus would make a better DoD boss than a CIA guy...
On another note: Hamas and Fatah (the two main factions of the Palestinian political scene) have released press statements about a contract between the two former rivals to cooperate. General elections for a parliament and a President are to be held. Since the Hamas still wants to eradicate Israel (the only Jewish nation on our small blue planet) and is backed by Iran and the Lebanese terrorist organizaion Hizbollah this might lead to heigthened tension in the Middle East.
BBC News - Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas