Maj. Gen. David Petraeus greets old friends on May 14, 2004. (AP Photo)
Bush to Name New Military Command Story aired: Friday, January 05, 2007
The president is expect to tap General David Petraeus as the top ground commander in Iraq, replacing General George Casey. Petraeus is a Princeton educated officer know as a warrior-scholar. He was in charge of training Iraqi police before being reassigned last year to oversee the Army's top military colleges at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
That move was widely seen as side-lining a potential Pentagon skeptic, but when we spoke to Petraeus last spring he described how he was leading a move by the Army to train soldiers to question authority, something called "designated skeptics."
Guests:
Lt. Gen. David Petraeus
Seth Molten, special assistant to Petraeus in Iraq
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