Left, Stephen Crowley / the New York Times. Luke Sharrett/The New York TimesLeon e. Panetta, left and General David Petraeus H...
WASHINGTON - President Obama is expected this week in the name of Leon e. Panetta, the Director of the CIA, as Secretary to the defence and the General David Petraeus h., top commander U.S. Afghanistan, Director of the C.I.A.administration officials said Wednesday.
Appointments, put in motion by the imminent retirement of the Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates are part of a significant rearrangement of the national security team Mr. Obama which will include several new assignments in the closest of his diplomatic circlemilitary and intelligence advisers.
Mr. Gates should resign this summer.
Changes at the top of the team of the national security of Mr. Obama long been expected.
Shortly after Mr. Gates leaves, the term expires for the Chairman of the joint staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, who, as Defense Secretary, was appointed by President George w. Bush. And Secretary of State James b. Steinberg announced that he leaves for University work - remove a crucial player in the efforts of Mr. Obama to handle the rise of China.
But the role of Mr. Gates is the most critical. It is often alloyed with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton - who said that she intends to leave the administration when this mandate ends - including persuade them to Mr. Obama to start the military build-up in Afghanistan in 2009. Together, they have won many battles, but they clearly separate the month last on military intervention in Libya.
In the name Mr. Panetta, the Pentagon, Mr. Obama is to select an official of the already confirmed firm with close ties to the White House and the Capitol. By selecting General Petraeus, who at the beginning at least do not have a strong relationship with the White House of Obama, the President is maintaining a military leader of prestige which has a thorough knowledge of intelligence in Afghanistan and Iraq in recent years.
The President is also likely soon to propose the veteran diplomat Ryan c. Crocker as the next Ambassador of United States in Afghanistan. This approach would be, at least together during a period of time, Mr. Crocker, former Ambassador of the Iraq, with General Petraeus, with whom he worked closely in Iraq in the Bush administration.
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