Barack Obama President appointed CIA director, Leon Panetta, the new secretary of Defense and appointed General David Petraeus, who now directs the war in Afghanistan as head of the CIA in a major restructuring of the leadership of U.S. national security .
The decision leaves the site Petraeus leaves Panetta reflects the will of the president to keep close to a military whose recommendations are considered valuable in the White House.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, will retire on June 30 and Panetta assume in July. Gates told officials that he recommended as his replacement Panetta six months ago.
Petraeus change the CIA will not be until after the end of his term as commander in Afghanistan, this summer.
Although early, the exit of Gates is the most influential would have on the strategy for the coming months. Gates has shown during this time be an effective and prudent man who was to become one of the most influential in Washington.
Gates also had won a great reputation among the military and served effectively as a bridge between Barack Obama and a group difficult and essential in the development of foreign policy.Panetta still have to earn the trust of their subordinates in uniform, but his arrival at the Pentagon to guarantee the continuation of a prudent control.
Leon Panetta has gone through several public offices during the administration of Obama and Bill Clinton and was a reliable man in whose hands they can be left in peace matters of great importance. In addition Panetta is an expert in financial matters, which may be critical for defense secretary whose duties shall be to curtail considerably the huge budget of the Department will direct.
The decision leaves the site Petraeus leaves Panetta reflects the will of the president to keep close to a military whose recommendations are considered valuable in the White House.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, will retire on June 30 and Panetta assume in July. Gates told officials that he recommended as his replacement Panetta six months ago.
Petraeus change the CIA will not be until after the end of his term as commander in Afghanistan, this summer.
Although early, the exit of Gates is the most influential would have on the strategy for the coming months. Gates has shown during this time be an effective and prudent man who was to become one of the most influential in Washington.
Gates also had won a great reputation among the military and served effectively as a bridge between Barack Obama and a group difficult and essential in the development of foreign policy.Panetta still have to earn the trust of their subordinates in uniform, but his arrival at the Pentagon to guarantee the continuation of a prudent control.
Leon Panetta has gone through several public offices during the administration of Obama and Bill Clinton and was a reliable man in whose hands they can be left in peace matters of great importance. In addition Panetta is an expert in financial matters, which may be critical for defense secretary whose duties shall be to curtail considerably the huge budget of the Department will direct.