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Senate Unanimously Confirms Petraeus to Lead Afghan War

Elena Kagan can only hope it’ll be this easy for her: Gen. David H. Petraeus was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday as the new Afghan war

Jul 31, 2020
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Elena Kagan can only hope it’ll be this easyfor her:
Gen. David H. Petraeuswas unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday as the new Afghan war commander, replacing Gen. Stanley A. McChrystalafter his ouster over controversial remarks in a Rolling Stone magazine article.
The 99-0 Senate vote followed a confirmation hearingTuesday in which members of the Senate Armed Services Committee praised Petraeus’s leadership of the war in Iraq and lauded him as the nation’s premier warrior-diplomat.
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