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AP sources: Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

By: Magnolia Tribune - April 27, 2011

AP sources: Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

WASHINGTON — Administration sources say President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief’s job.

The officials all spoke on condition of anonymity because the changes are not final.

The changes would probably take effect this summer. Gates has already said he will leave this year.

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