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...deputy, Lieut. General Raymond Odierno, on Sept. 16. In July the Senate voted to promote Petraeus to head the military's Central Command, covering central Asia and the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Iraq. He assumes his new post this fall, filling the void left by Admiral William J. Fallon, who resigned in March over clashes with the Bush Administration...
...JIMMY FALLON begins Late Night takeover with webisodes this fall. Will probably not crash server...
...Iraq - stretching from the Horn of Africa to Pakistan. Although its headquarters are at an Air Force base in Tampa, Fla., recent commanders have spent much of their time at their forward headquarters in Qatar. Petraeus will assume command late this summer or early fall, replacing Admiral William Fallon, who requested early retirement last month after he was portrayed in a magazine interview as the lone officer preventing a U.S. war with Iran. Petraeus's former deputy in Iraq, Lieutenant General Ray Odierno, will return to Baghdad in the Petraeus slot, giving up his new assignment as the Army...
While some students spent their spring breaks reeling from midterms, Aaron C. Fallon ’11 and Alana C.M. O’Brien ’11 were performing Reels in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the World Championships of Irish Dance. The competition, which took place from March 23 to 30, was a high point for the freshmen, who spent three months training for it. Fallon and O’Brien qualified for the championships after placing first and third, respectively, at the New England Regional Championships, and after placing at the North American National Championships...
...continue the drawdown in order to relieve the strain of repeated combat tours on U.S. troops and their families. But Gates recently sided with Petraeus on the wisdom of a period of "consolidation and assessment" expected to last at least several weeks, and possibly months. Gates and Admiral William Fallon, the outgoing chief of the U.S. Central Command and Petraeus's direct superior, have expressed concern that leaving 140,000 troops in Iraq will continue to erode U.S. military readiness. But President Bush, mindful of the centrality of Iraq to his legacy, has made clear that what Petraeus wants, Petraeus...