Friday, July 11, 2008

Senate OKs promotion of Iraq commander Petraeus


Washington - The Senate has confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the top commander in the Middle East. The vote was 95-2. Immediately following the confirmation, the Senate was expected to approve the nomination of Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to replace Petraeus as the chief military officer in Iraq.

[the ramifications of this man's accomplishments are hard to exaggerate - of course we'll need wait for future historians, the media is doing its best to ignore him now.
btw: the two who opposed were Democratic Sens. Robert Byrd and Tom Harkin]


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