他撤换了对大幅增兵表示怀疑的阿比扎伊德和凯西两位将军，还调离了本应在伊拉克谈判一项政治协议的哈利勒扎德大使。
He has removed generals John Abizaid and George Casey, who were skeptical of a troop “surge,” and moved Ambassador Zalmay Khalizad, who was supposed to negotiate a political agreement in Iraq.