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Petraeus Confirmation Expected Within Days

By Steven T. Dennis and David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
June 23, 2010, 3:52 p.m.

President Barack Obama’s choice of Gen. David Petraeus to take over command in Afghanistan from Gen. Stanley McChrystal was quickly embraced on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill, with Senate confirmation expected within days.

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