Senate Unanimously Confirms Petraeus to Lead Afghan War

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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.

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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.