PETRAEUS – He’s said to be stepping down as U.S. commander in Afghanistan this summer, Yahoo News reports, citing multiple defense officials. A likely successor is Marine Gen. John Allen, the deputy at CENTCOM. The report says Petraeus is eyeing the job of NATO supreme allied commander in Europe, with the current SACEUR, Adm. James Stavridis, a possible candidate to succeed Mullen as JCS chairman.

Defense shuffle: U.S. set to name new Afghanistan commanders

David Petraeus, perhaps the most celebrated American general of his generation, is likely to leave his job as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan this summer, multiple defense officials say.
Petraeus, who stepped into the post last summer after President Barack Obama fired Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal for comments his aides made to Rolling Stone magazine, is likely to be succeeded by Deputy CENTCOM commander, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen, defense sources told The Envoy. http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theenvoy/20110401/ts_yblog_theenvoy/defense-shuffle-u-s-set-to-name-new-afghanistan-commanders