They Voted For You: Petraeus

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and 94 of his Senate colleagues voted to confirm Gen. David Petraeus as chief of U.S. Central Command, which includes the Middle East in its oversight, The Associated Press reports.

But U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., joined Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, in opposing the choice of Petraeus in he 95-2 vote.

"Byrd, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he opposed Petraeus in part because the general should see through operations in Iraq," AP reported, with Byrd quoted as saying that with security gains being described as fragile, "it does not seem prudent to remove the mastermind behind the fragile successes that have been thus far achieved."