United States

President Obama is expected to nominate current CIA Director Leon Panetta as the Secretary of Defense, and current ISAF Commander General David Petraeus as the head of the CIA. Lieutenant General John Allen will replace Petraeus as ISAF commander.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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