Assuming this is true — as reported in the NY Post (via Fox News) — all to the good. (See, e.g., Byron’s recent reporting on the RoE here). CNN’s report says only that Gen. Petraeus will “review” the RoE, not that he’s committed to modifying them.

But I do think it’s worth noting that, as commander of CENTCOM, Gen. Petraeus was Gen. McChrystal’s boss. The RoE have been very controversial for a long time (see, e.g., this Ralph Peters column, bracingly entitled, “The rules murdering our troops”). If Petraeus thought the RoE needed to be changed or at least reviewed, why hasn’t that been done before now?