David Petraeus Stories
A list of the most recent stories about David Petraeus.
White House lawyer replacing retiring CIA deputy
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell is stepping down and being replaced by White House lawyer Avril Haines, who will be the first woman to hold the post. When President Barack Obama named a successor to former CIA Director David Petraeus in January, Morell was passed over in favor of the ...
CIA deputy director Michael Morell retires
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who defended harsh interrogation techniques and was involved with the fallout after the attack on the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, announced his retirement Wednesday. When President Barack Obama named a successor to former CIA Director David Petraeus last January, Morell was passed over in ...
Tampa socialite sues gov't over Petraeus scandal
A Tampa, Fla., socialite and her husband claimed in a lawsuit Monday that the government willfully leaked false and defamatory information about them in the scandal that led to the resignation of Gen. David Petraeus as CIA director. Jill Kelley and Scott Kelley filed the lawsuit in federal court against ...
Ex-general wants post-2014 troop levels announced
The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan called on the White House Friday to announce how many troops it intends to leave in that country after 2014. Retired Gen. John Allen said Afghans need certainty on how many U.S. troops will stay behind after the majority complete their withdrawal by ...
Business Highlights
___ Cover songs: Homage or irksome marketing ploy? LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are about 600 versions of Adele's Oscar-winning song "Skyfall" on the Spotify subscription music service. Not one of them features Adele. Adele's label, XL Recordings, keeps her music off of all-you-can-listen subscription plans until download sales peter ...
Petraeus gets job with investment firm KKR
Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus will take a new job with investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. as he attempts to rebuild his reputation after an extramarital affair with a biographer triggered his resignation as CIA director last fall. Petraeus, 60, will serve as chairman of the New ...
Biographer regrets affair with former CIA director
The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family. Paula Broadwell told WSOC-TV in Charlotte on Thursday (http://bit.ly/10RjHXE ) that she credited her husband and friends for standing by her as she ...
EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES
c.2013 New York Times News Service THE CIA’S PART IN BENGHAZI Throughout months of Republican “investigation” into the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 last year, the CIA has escaped the scrutiny and partisan bashing aimed at the State Department and the White House. But we now know that ...
FBI agents enter Paula Broadwell's N.C. house
On Monday night, six FBI agents pulled up to Paula Broadwell's house in three separate cars. Broadwell is the woman named as the past lover of David Petraeus. The agents were all carrying briefcases, plastic tubs and cardboard boxes as they entered the home. WSOC-TV confirmed that the agents work with ...
Bin Laden's Kill-Don't Kill List
One of the pieces of correspondence released on Thursday by the U.S. Government from Osama bin Laden included direct orders to Al Qaeda subordinates to shoot down Air Force One if President Obama came to visit Pakistan or Afghanistan. But it also included an interesting "Don't Kill" list. Bin Laden ...
Using The Bully Pulpit
With the Congress out of town for over two weeks around Easter, the Obama White House has had the chance to dominate the news cycle in the second half of April. How well have they done? To me, one of the best tests of any White House is how well ...
Obama on Iraq
Here is the text of President Obama's speech to the nation from the Oval Office on the end of combat operations in Iraq. This was provided by the White House. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY August 31, 2010 Remarks of President ...
Gen. Petraeus Returns
Two weeks ago today, General David Petraeus was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee when he suddenly fainted at the witness table. Little did he realize that he would return as the President's choice to be the new commander of that war. Petraeus certainly has strong support in both ...
Heading To The Barn
With the Congress off next week for a July 4th break, that means lawmakers will act like kids who haven't studied for a test, and try to jam as much work into this week as possible. While the start of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will dominate on ...
Gen. David Petraeus
Once again, a President is making the call to the bullpen on a war that isn't going as well as it could. And once again, Gen. David Petraeus is being waved in to offer his assistance. Back in the Bush Administration, Petraeus was brought in to institute the "military surge", ...
Iraq On My Mind
Not only does the current debate over a U.S. military surge in Afghanistan remind me of the debate just over two years about a surge in Iraq, but lawmakers and defense officials were also having trouble separating the two in a first day of hearings on the matter. "This is ...
Detainee Abuse Photos
The Obama Administration has made clear that it plans to take a legal dispute over the release of detainee abuse photographs to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. In papers filed with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday - yes, the same circuit that is home to Judge ...
The Politics of Iraq, Version Election.08
No one expected any kind of breakthrough this week on Iraq as General David Petraeus reviewed the situation for lawmakers. But after President Bush's statement from the White House on Thursday, the divisions on the war are more clear than ever. "President Bush delivered yet another address on Iraq," said ...
No Movement In Two Days of Iraq Hearings
There was basically zero political movement in the political battle over the war in Iraq the past two days in Congress, as lamwakers made clear the best chance for change comes with this November's elections. For a second straight day, General David Petraeus and US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker held their ...
Senate Iraq Hearings Less Than Electric
A round of much hyped hearings in Congress about the War in Iraq basically produced a lot of political blather, as both sides plowed little new ground and mainly stayed in their partisan corners about the war. Even the appearance of the three Senators running for President didn't do much ...
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