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Book: Petraeus almost quit over Afghan drawdown (AP)

December 29th, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this June 23, 2011 file photo, CIA Director nominee Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing on his nomination. A new book says general-turned-CIA director David Petraeus almost quit over President Barack Obama’s decision to quickly draw down forces from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP – Four-star general-turned-CIA director David Petraeus almost resigned as Afghanistan war commander over President Barack Obama’s decision to quickly draw down surge forces, according to a new insider’s look at Petraeus’ 37-year Army career.


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Petraeus tells CIA analysts to heed troops on war (AP)

October 14th, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2011, file photo, new CIA director David Petraeus, right, speaks following his swearing-in ceremony with his wife Holly Knowlton Petraeus, center, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Petraeus has ordered his intelligence analysts to give greater weight to the opinions of troops in the fight, U.S. officials said. CIA analysts now will consult with battlefield commanders earlier in the process as they help create a National Intelligence Estimate on the course of the war, to more fully include the military’s take on the conflict, U.S. officials say. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – David Petraeus, the former general who led the Afghanistan war and now heads the CIA, has ordered his intelligence analysts to give greater weight to the opinions of troops in the fight, U.S. officials said.


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Petraeus leaving Army after 37 years to head CIA (AP)

August 31st, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this June 4, 2011 file photo, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates is greeted upon his arrival in Kabul by Gen. David Petraeus. America's best-known general, is retiring as arguably the most consequential Army leader of his generation. After a farewell ceremony Wednesday, Petraeus will open a new chapter as director of the CIA. In that job he will try to keep up the pressure on al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, while working closely with the military he knows well. (AP Photo//Jason Reed, File)AP – Gen. David Petraeus is bidding farewell to the Army that has been his life and the troops that have been his family for 37 years.


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Petraeus retires with legacy of a difference-maker (AP)

August 30th, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this June 4, 2011 file photo, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates is greeted upon his arrival in Kabul by Gen. David Petraeus. America's best-known general, is retiring as arguably the most consequential Army leader of his generation. After a farewell ceremony Wednesday, Petraeus will open a new chapter as director of the CIA. In that job he will try to keep up the pressure on al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, while working closely with the military he knows well. (AP Photo//Jason Reed, File)AP – David Petraeus, America’s best-known general and the wartime model of a soldier-scholar-statesman, is retiring as arguably the most consequential Army leader of his generation.


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Headed for CIA, Petraeus leaves a revamped warzone (AP)

July 19th, 2011 | Author: admin

The outgoing U.S. and NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus claps, as he welcomes the new NATO- led International Security Assistance Force commander in Afghanistan U.S. Gen. John Allen during a changing of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 18, 2011. As Petraeus shifts from the Afghan battlefield to run the CIA, he leaves behind a legacy of tactical and spycraft changes that spurred more killings and captures of Afghan militants while reducing insurgent attacks to their lowest level in years, senior U.S. officials in Afghanistan said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – As Gen. David Petraeus shifts from the Afghan battlefield to run the CIA, he leaves behind a legacy of tactical and spycraft changes that spurred more killings and captures of Afghan militants while reducing insurgent attacks to their lowest level in years, senior U.S. officials in Afghanistan said.


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Gen. Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan (AP)

July 18th, 2011 | Author: admin

U.S. Gen. David Petraeus the outgoing U.S. and NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus shakes hand with the upcoming U.S. and NATO- led International Security Assistance Force commander in Afghanistan U.S. Gen. John Allen during a changing of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, July 18, 2011. Gen. John Allen took over command of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan on Monday from Gen. David Petraeus, assuming responsibility as Afghanistan's international allies draw up exit plans from the nearly 10-year conflict.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – Gen. David Petraeus handed over command of the Afghan war to Marine Gen. John Allen on Monday as the U.S. and its international partners prepare to withdraw over the next few years.


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AP sources: Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA (AP)

April 27th, 2011 | Author: admin

AP – Administration sources say President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief’s job.

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