The Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of General David Petraeus to command US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. The vote came one week after President Obama fired General Stanley McChrystal and tapped Petraeus to replace him. Petraeus has vowed to review rules intended to reduce Afghan civilian casualties. Shortly before the vote, Republican Senator John McCain praised Petraeus’s nomination.

Sen. John McCain: “David Petraeus has proved that he is a winner, and we need to give him every opportunity and remove every obstacle so that he can help the United States and our allies win in Afghanistan. General Petraeus has my full support.”

Petraeus takes the helm after more than 100 soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in June, making it the bloodiest month for foreign forces there since the US-led invasion in 2001.