AdvertisementObama Makes It Official: Panetta To Defense, Petraeus To CIAApril 28, 2011Eyder PeraltafacebookEmailUS President Barack Obama announces that he will nominate (from left to right) Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense; General David Petraeus as the next director of the CIA; General John Allen as commander for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and Ryan Crocker as the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. (AFP/Getty Images)