Confirmation Hearing Held For Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen To Take Over Command Of Afghanistan
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) prepares for the confirmation hearing for Army General James Thurman, Navy Vice Admiral William McRaven and United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General John Allen on Capitol Hill June 28, 2011 in Washington, DC. Allen has been nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to replace Gen. David Petraeus as the commander of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. forces in Afghanistan. McRaven has been nominated to head Special Operations Command and Thurman has been nominated to command the United Nations and U.S. forces in Korea
