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......and step back.
Nit picking the media coverage: Ordierno wasn't Petraeus' "#2" (nor "deputy" as I've seen him called on the TeeVee) other than in a kinda sorta way.
That distinction belongs to Lt. Gen. John Cooper, DSO MBE.
Ordierno commanded Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) - essentially the Army component of MNF-I, of which Petraeus was overall commander.
“Of course, people keep telling me I’m a hero. I just don’t see it,”
-- USAF Technical Sergeant Israel Del Toro.
Read it all. (And if I received the invitation he offers, I'd accept...)
(As usual, via the Dawn Patrol.)
Good plan from the cheap seats.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday picked Gen. David Petraeus, widely praised as the top commander in Iraq, to lead all Middle East operations, including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.Gates also chose Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, who recently served as Petraeus' No. 2, to take over as the top commander in Iraq.
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