Bush and Petraeus Photo Op Speech

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) speaks with former top commander in Iraq General David Petraeus (2nd-R) during a foto op speech in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, 0n 17 September 2008.

Bush and Petraeus had a photo op on the unusual panned Bush style speech/meeting session with the idea of an alleged discussion of his duties as commander of all American forces in the Middle East. Petraeus, architect of the troop surge the White House credits with improving security in war-torn Iraq, has been named to run the U.S. Central Command that oversees U.S .military operations in the region -- including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; which Bush created.

In his new post, which he takes over 31 October, Petraeus would manage any U.S. military operations against Iran.