The Senate is expected to quickly confirm General David Petraeus to lead the nearly nine-year-old war.
VOA: special.2010.06.26
Some of the most, like famous, I mean, there's General Petraeus who's a big deal in the U.S. military.
有一些人非常出名。例如,美国军队的大人物彼得雷乌斯将军。
He says General Petraeus understands that strategy because he helped shape it.
VOA: special.2010.06.26
General Petraeus is known for his political as well as military skills.
VOA: special.2010.06.26
Last month,General Petraeus talked about the situation.
VOA: special.2010.06.26
General David Petraeus, head of the U.S.Central Command, says there is a growing awareness throughout Pakistan the Taliban militants must be stopped.
VOA: standard.2009.05.10
President Obama saidhis replacement of his top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, with General David Petraeus will not slow U.S.efforts to win the Afghan war.
VOA: standard.2010.06.24
General Petraeus says he and the top U.S.military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, both endorsed the secret assessment made late last month by the new commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal.
VOA: standard.2009.09.23
He said Petraeus helped to shape the U.S.strategy there.
VOA: standard.2010.06.24
"I think he ought to do what General Petraeus did and that is decide on exactly the number he needs and we debate it and the president makes the ultimate decision,".
VOA: standard.2009.08.23
General Petraeus appeared to be pointedly rejecting suggestions by some analysts, and some officials and members of Congress, that the United States should scale back its ground operations in Afghanistan and focus on air strikes and special operations missions.
VOA: standard.2009.09.23
Speaking to a conference of military and civilian counterinsurgency experts, General Petraeus declined to discuss the specifics of the McChrystal assessment or the ongoing deliberations, but he did repeat a point he has often made about how he believes extremists must be fought.
VOA: standard.2009.09.23
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