The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of confirming Army Gen. David Petraeus as the next CIA Director. Senators approved his nomination by a vote of 94 to 0, reported AFP. Petraeus has been the top US general in Afghanistan since July 2010. He is retiring from the Army and will take over at the CIA as a civilian. He will replace Leon Panetta, who is scheduled to be sworn in as the new Defense Secretary Friday at the Pentagon. The full Senate’s vote came two days after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unanimously approved Petraeus’ nomination. Several years back, Petraeus led coalition forces in Iraq during the surge of US forces there that turned the tide of that conflict in favor of the Iraqi government and coalition and against anti-government insurgents. (See also Los Angeles Times report.)
B-21 Temporary Shelters Could Also Shelter B-2s
March 5, 2021
The Air Force's experimental runway shelter for the new B-21 bomber is large enough to cover it or the B-2, and therefore reveals no information about the dimensions of the new aircraft. Two such shelters will be evaluated, but the maker of the second version hasn't been chosen yet.