Panetta to Pentagon; Petraeus to CIA
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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AP sources: CIA director Panetta to take over Pentagon; Petraeus to be nominated for CIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: CIA director Panetta to take over Pentagon; Petraeus to be nominated for CIA
Not only is that a rather thin report, it’s more than four weeks old. Laura Rozen was reporting this on April 1st; apparently, it wasn’t a prank.
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Not sure why Patraeus would do that. Seems like a bit of a Latetal move, at best. DNI might make more sense.
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Lovely! Petraeus can launch lots of failed operations from Langley instead of Kabul.
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@Matt: I don’t know why he’d want it, either. But I’d rather have CIA than DNI; the latter is a fool’s errand without budget control.
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Am I the only one whose brain automatically adds a “c” to the middle of Panetta’s name, thus causing me to think of Italian bacon?
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[...] is probably right there. Tomorrow, the President is expected to announce a major shakeup of his national security team, which includes a change in command in Afghanistan. The press conference will likely be covered by [...]
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Just rearranging the deckchairs as the Titanic sinks is all.
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