PANETTA ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. Department of Defense sent this bulletin at 10/10/2012 09:31 AM EDT
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10/10/2012 09:05 AM CDT
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, announces that President Barack Obama plans to nominate U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, right, to succeed U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis , center, to serve as commander of U.S. European Command and as NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe. The announcement came during a press conference Oct. 10, 2012, following a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.