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US Military Reshuffle - WHAT does Obama want?

One remarkable change, two prominent profiles, and three major predictions

ONE SHAKE-UP - TEAM RESHUFFLED

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In a major national security reshuffle, President Barack Obama settled down sending CIA Director Leon Panetta to the Pentagon to replace Robert Gates, and replacing Panetta at CIA the spy agency with Gen. David Petraeus, the high-profile commander of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Lt. Gen. John Allen, deputy commander of U.S. Central Command in Florida, replaces Petraeus in Afghanistan, while veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker becomes the new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.

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TWO PROFILES - WHO IS WHO

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Left, Stephen Crowley/The New York Times; Luke Sharrett/The New York Times

Leon Panetta: previously CIA head, replacing Robert Gates

Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, who reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence and the President of the United States of America.

Loren Thompson, a prominent industry consultant with close ties to the Department of Defense, said substituting Gates with Panetta, 72, "would undoubtedly result in a faster pace of cuts to the defense budget in future years."

Although it will be difficult, analysts believe Panetta -- a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton -- has the experience and clout needed to brave the budget battle.

As chairman of the House Budget Committee, he was one of the Democratic House members who negotiated with President George H.W. Bush's White House chief of staff, John Sununu, to reach a 1990 budget agreement to cut the deficit.

The agreement led Bush to violate his "read my lips, no new taxes" pledge, which disappointed Republicans and helped Clinton win the presidency in 1992.

In January 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Panetta for the post of CIA Director, he was confirmed by the full Senate on February 12, 2009 and assumed the office the next day. After his selection, journalists and politicians raised concerns about his lack of intelligence experience. But former CIA officer Ishmael Jones stated, however, that Panetta was a wise choice because of his close personal connection to the President and lack of exposure to the CIA bureaucracy.

An American Democratic politician, lawyer, and professor, Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993.

Panetta switched to the Democratic Party in 1971.


David Petraeus: previously US commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, replacing Leon Panetta

David Howell Petraeus, 58, (born November 7, 1952) is a United States Army general who formerly served as the current Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A).

He has a deep involvement and rich experience on the Iraqi war --

He is credited with pulling Iraq from the brink of civil war and has trumpeted battlefield successes in Afghanistan after a surge of 30,000 additional troops ordered in by Obama in late 2009.

"We're just starting to see some momentum, some shifts, and now we're swapping out the Afghanistan commander," said Rick "Ozzie" Nelson, an Afghanistan veteran and a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Petraeus will find a somewhat less optimistic view of the Afghan campaign from inside CIA headquarters, where analysts have advanced a more cautious outlook about the war in the face of rampant corruption and a still-resilient Taliban.

His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 13, 2008, to June 30, 2010, and as Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) from January 26, 2007, to September 16, 2008. As commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 2010,[4] and took over command from temporary commander Lieutenant-General Sir Nick Parker on July 4, 2010.


Petraeus has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy from which he graduated in 1974 as a distinguished cadet (top 5% of his class). He was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College class of 1983. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in International Relations in 1987 from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He later served as Assistant Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy and also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University.

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THREE HINTS - THE NEAR FUTURE

1- Military Expenditure cutdown -  President Barack Obama's choice of expert budget-cutter Leon Panetta to lead the Defense Department is a clear signal that the White House perceives the nation's deficit crisis, not the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as its toughest challenge.

2. Troops in Afghanistan withdrawl - Mr. Crocker’s taking over the embassy in Afghanistan is a clear hint that Obama administration is expected to begin withdrawing American troops from the country, a process that is expected to take several years.

3. Intelligence and Information Highlights - President Obama’s decision to send an intelligence chief to the Pentagon and a four-star general to the Central Intelligence Agency is the latest evidence of a significant shift over the past decade in how the United States fights its battles — the blurring of lines between soldiers and spies in secret American missions abroad.






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