KENNEDY ON PETRAEUS ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement in response to the announcement that General David Petraeus will become the next commander of the U.S. Central Command.
“In his new position, General Petraeus will have a much larger regional and strategic responsibility especially as to how our mission in Iraq affects Afghanistan and our role in the Middle East as a whole. For too long, President Bush has pursued an open-ended commitment of our troops in Iraq, with no regard for the impact it has on them, their families or other critical national security challenges. That’s not a plan for success. It’s simply a delaying tactic to hand off the problem to the next President. I look forward to hearing the views General Petraeus has on these and other important questions during his confirmation hearing.”
