General David Petraeus
General David Petraeus
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (confirmed)
General Patraeus now leads the CIA, where his principal responsibility is to advise President Obama on intelligence matters related to national security. General Petraeus was largely responsible for the integration of diplomacy and development strategies into U.S. military objectives and practices in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. General Petraeus assumed command of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) on July 4, 2010 after serving for over 20 months as Commander, United States Central Command. Before his assignment as CENTCOM Commander, General Petraeus commanded Multi-National Force-Iraq where he led US and Coalition Forces during ‘the surge’. Prior to his tour as MNF-I Commander, he commanded the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, during which time he oversaw the development of the Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Manual. Before that assignment, he served for over 15 months as the first Commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq and the NATO Training Mission-Iraq. That deployment to Iraq followed his command of the 101st Airborne Division during which he led the “Screaming Eagles” in combat during the fight to Baghdad and throughout the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As of 7/25/11
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