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Serving as overall commander as headquarters of central command in tampa. to replace him there, two names are often mentioned, general allen and james madden who heads joint forces command and both worked well with petraeus in the past. the new commander would technically be petraeus' boss but in reality d.>> the bottom line is simple. everybody knows who is in charge of the war in afghanistan, that's dave petraeus. >> reporter: while there are difficult challenges ahead and well subly sized setbacks -- publicize setbacks, the secretary sees it this way. >> i do not believe we are bogged down....

>> general david petraeus, the chief of u.s. central command back on capitol hill today one day after he fainted during a senate committee hearing on the war on afghanistan. >> the best way to -- >> we're going to recess for -- >> we're going to recess now for a few moments. >> aides went to his side clearly after he nearly collapsed in his chair, according to observers. general petraeus later said he was simply dehydrated and had been traveling a lot. this morning, he carried a water container into the hearing and joked about the incident. with the hearing under way, the general said the over...

>> the conduct of the counterinsurgency operation is a roller coaster experience. there are setbacks, as well as areas of progress or successes. but the trajectory, in my view, has generally been upward despite the tough losses, despite the setbacks. >> but only today, two more u.s. service members were killed in an ied attack in northern afghanistan. a spokesman in afghanistan says that the troops were in a vehicle that hit a roadside bomb. closing arguments are under way right now in california's landmark proposition 8 trial, the first federal court test after state law banning day marriag...