NEW : His experience and strong contacts in the major foreign-policy hot spots for the Obama administration -- Iraq , Afghanistan and Pakistan -- provide strategic value for the leader of CIA operations on the ground in those countries , according to security experts . Sources say Petraeus will resign from the military once confirmed . The decorated general is expected to be nominated to be CIA director . Comment: Analysts cite Petraeus ' experience working with the CIA in battle zones .
NEW : Sources say Petraeus will resign from the military once confirmed . The decorated general is expected to be nominated to be CIA director . Comment: Analysts cite Petraeus ' experience working with the CIA in battle zones .