 The IOA appoints Carter as the new commander of the Atlantis expedition early in Season 4 of Atlantis.At the end of the first episode of season five Carter is recalled to Earth for a Tok'ra extraction ceremony concerning the final Ba'al clone with Richard Woolsey eventually replacing her as the new Commander of the Atlantis Expedition.Richard Woolsey played by Robert Picardo is a former member of the NID and the United States representative to the IOA.