David Petraeus Stories
A list of the most recent stories about David Petraeus.
Sunday, June 23
Today is Sunday, June 23, the 174th day of 2013. There are 191 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 963 - Luxembourg becomes an independent principality when Siegfried, Count of Ardennes, exchanges his lands for a small but strategically placed Roman castle along the Alzette ...
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 ...
Petraeus aide: WWII the exception, not the rule
Retired U.S. Army Col. Peter R. Mansoor will be fresh off a tour of World War II sites and brimming with information when he presents “A Remembrance of D-Day” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Clark County Heritage Center. But Mansoor, the Raymond E. Mason Chair in Military History at ...
Preserving past for Patton museum
Curator Nathan Jones stops and ponders the oldest item in storage at the General George Patton Museum of Leadership, which reopens this month. The museum's namesake, Gen. George S. Patton, toured European palaces during his time in the military, often stopping to admire and praise artifacts on display. Jones said ...
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 ...
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 ...
U.S. military facing sweeping spending cuts, Hagel says
By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press and Barrie Barber Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Wednesday that sharply deeper cuts to personnel, health care and weapons systems will be needed across his department to put the brakes on spiraling costs and reshape the military for leaner budgets ...
Fight looms over defense pick
A potential showdown looms over President Barack Obama’s pick of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department, which is facing major decisions as it downsizes during an era of tight purse-strings. Obama on Monday nominated John Brennan as CIA director and Hagel as defense secretary, replacing the ...
Lots of days to celebrate in 2013
For the fourth straight year, this newspaper has compiled a list of the unofficial names for each day on the calendar. The names of these days are sometimes deemed “national” or “world” days, but most are culled from a variety of sources — websites, calendars, book publishers, education publications, health ...
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 ...
CIA director Petraeus quits over extramarital affair
David Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. The resignation shocked Washington's intelligence and political communities, bringing a sudden end to the public career of the best-known ...
Defense, jobs key to capturing veterans' vote
Future cuts to national defense, finding jobs after their deployment ends, and getting their health care taken care of are the issues most on the minds of veterans as the presidential election nears, interviews conducted by the Dayton Daily News show. Veterans form a sizable voting block, and are key ...
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 ...
Successful U.S. attack generates a new sense of unity, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden is dead. What is less clear is whether al-Qaida is just as dead.Mixed with praise for President Barack Obama for his bold action in approving the raid Sunday to kill bin Laden in Pakistan, Democrats, Republicans and military analysts warned that the terrorist organization bin ...
George Will: This wasn’t war; neither is Libya
Osama bin Laden’s death was announced by the president on May 1, a date that once had worldwide significance on the revolutionary calendar of communism, which was America’s absorbing national security preoccupation prior to Islamic terrorism. Times change.Barack Obama, in his pitch-perfect address informing the nation that bin Laden is ...
Al Qaeda still a threat, ex-Petraeus aide says
WASHINGTON – A former top aide to General David Petraeus and Attorney General Mike DeWine both warned today that al Qaeda remains a threat to the West despite the death Sunday of its longtime leader, Osama bin Laden. “It remains to be seen whether al Qaeda will come up with ...
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 ...
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