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His appointment follows those of new commanders for all three armed forces.

On Saturday night, aides to Mr. Abbas announced new commanders for each of the three main security branches: national security, intelligence and the police.

By November, Carnot could send more forces to the eastern front and find new commanders for the two armies: Charles Pichegru for the Rhine and Lazare Hoche for the Moselle.

The president might also need a new commander for the Air Force.

His departure is likely to influence the timetable for appointing a new commander for the Afghanistan mission as well, Pentagon and military officials said.

One of Mr. Hadi's first presidential decrees was to name a new governor and head of security for Aden and a new commander for Yemen's southern region.

The new commander for American forces in Europe, Gen. James L. Jones, has floated the idea of scaling back the 71,000 troops based in Germany in favor of lighter, more mobile units that could jump from country to country on short notice.

Last week, the military appointed a new commander for its forces in Chechnya, Gen. Vladimir Moltenskoi, who drew praise as someone "who strictly follows the letter and spirit of the law" from the head of the pro-Russian Chechen regional government.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, McCain's sidekick on the committee, demonstrated an almost surreal inability to recognize reality during the committee's confirmation hearing for the new commanders of U.S. Central and Africa Commands (Generals Lloyd Austin and David Rodriguez, respectively) last week when he stated that we were pulling out of Afghanistan just when we were on the verge of victory.

When Lt. Gen. David Petraeus went before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week in open session, its members understandably had many questions for the new commander of American forces in Iraq.

At this time new commanders were appointed for these major commands.