BAGHDAD - US General David Petraeus, credited with helping staunch violence in Iraq, will hand over command of US forces there to Lieutenant-General Raymond Odierno on Sept. 16, a military spokesman said on Sunday.
Petraeus will relinquish command of the approximately 146,000 US troops in Iraq after 19 months on the job to become head of Central Command, the US military headquarters responsible for a vast region from Kenya to Kazakhstan.
(Reuters)
That's "stanch" not "staunch."
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