President Barack Obama announced Thursday, April 28 the overhaul of his team of defense and intelligence, especially confident these new officers the task of managing the transition in Afghanistan. At a ceremony at the White House, the President confirmed that he was replacing the defense secretary Robert Gates by the current CIA director Leon Panetta (read his portrait edition subscribers).
He appointed General David Petraeus, head of international forces in Afghanistan as head of Central Intelligence. Obama also announced his desire to replace General Petraeus by General John Allen, the number two leader of U.S. military operations throughout the Middle East and South Asia, and appointed the diplomat Ryan Crocker to the position of Ambassador to Afghanistan.
In this country, "we're moving to a new phase, the transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces, begin to reduce the number of U.S. forces this summer and working towards a long term partnership with the Afghan" said Obama. In late 2009 with its new strategy in the region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Obama had sent 30,000 additional troops in that country in July 2011 and set at a beginning of withdrawal of these forces.
The big unknown is the extent of the withdrawal, while soldiers from international forces, numbering 140,000 of which nearly 100 000 Americans are still facing a deadly insurgency for nearly ten years after the beginning of foreign intervention in this country in the wake of Sept. 11. Mr.
Crocker, a former head of diplomatic mission in Iraq and Pakistan, will replace Kabul Karl Eikenberry, whose relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai are well known, very tense. The situation in Afghanistan is at the heart of this game of musical chairs, which also illustrates, in the case of MM.
Panetta and Petraeus, a blurring of boundaries between the operations of the regular army and those, clandestine intelligence. The White House hopes to see Mr. Panetta, one of whose missions is to continue with fiscal savings undertaken by his predecessor, taking up his duties in the wake of the departure of Mr.
Gates on June 30, and Mr. Petraeus s installing the CIA in September after retiring from the army. All appointments must be confirmed by the Senate, where they have received generally positive on the part of Democrats as Republicans. 
He appointed General David Petraeus, head of international forces in Afghanistan as head of Central Intelligence. Obama also announced his desire to replace General Petraeus by General John Allen, the number two leader of U.S. military operations throughout the Middle East and South Asia, and appointed the diplomat Ryan Crocker to the position of Ambassador to Afghanistan.
In this country, "we're moving to a new phase, the transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces, begin to reduce the number of U.S. forces this summer and working towards a long term partnership with the Afghan" said Obama. In late 2009 with its new strategy in the region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Obama had sent 30,000 additional troops in that country in July 2011 and set at a beginning of withdrawal of these forces.
The big unknown is the extent of the withdrawal, while soldiers from international forces, numbering 140,000 of which nearly 100 000 Americans are still facing a deadly insurgency for nearly ten years after the beginning of foreign intervention in this country in the wake of Sept. 11. Mr.
Crocker, a former head of diplomatic mission in Iraq and Pakistan, will replace Kabul Karl Eikenberry, whose relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai are well known, very tense. The situation in Afghanistan is at the heart of this game of musical chairs, which also illustrates, in the case of MM.
Panetta and Petraeus, a blurring of boundaries between the operations of the regular army and those, clandestine intelligence. The White House hopes to see Mr. Panetta, one of whose missions is to continue with fiscal savings undertaken by his predecessor, taking up his duties in the wake of the departure of Mr.
Gates on June 30, and Mr. Petraeus s installing the CIA in September after retiring from the army. All appointments must be confirmed by the Senate, where they have received generally positive on the part of Democrats as Republicans.
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