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NEWS ABOUT: David Petraeus

David Petraeus stories: 144 news summaries

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 Petraeus 
 Secretly 
 Treated 
 for Cancer 


General diagnosed with prostate cancer in February

Oct 6, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(AP) - Gen. David Petraeus was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in February but underwent successful radiation treatment at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the military disclosed today. A spokesman for Petraeus said the treatment had little effect on the general's job and Petraeus did make at least one overseas trip... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • David Petraeus • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • radiation • Army general

ANALYSIS

Petraeus Goes Quiet, for
Good or Ill

Face of Iraq surge disappears in Afghanistan debate

Oct 5, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - By the end of George W. Bush's second term David Petraeus was the country's most famous military man, carpeting the media with interviews and pressing the flesh on Capitol Hill. The general who personified the Iraq troop surge is still around, and spoke up in strategy sessions with Barack Obama... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • troop surge • White House • David Petraeus • Rahm Emanuel • troop levels • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal

 Petraeus 2012? 
 GOP Mulls New 
 Candidates 

Republicans take hope in Obama's lowered poll numbers

Sep 4, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - With President Obama’s poll numbers sinking, Republicans are feeling more confident about 2012—and eying a new crop of potential candidates, Politico reports. Among them: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman who’s slammed Obama but is also ready to criticize his own party, and Gen. David... More »

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Dick Cheney • politics • David Petraeus • Republican Party • Republican candidate • Joe Scarborough • Election 2012 • President Obama • Mitch Daniels

 Petraeus Sorry 
 for Razzing 
 Air Force 

Central Command head apologizes after 'outrageous' joke

Aug 28, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The head of US Central Command has apologized to the Air Force after making a joke at the service's expense, the Air Force Times reports. A rep for the Air Force chief of staff said the apology was accepted. David Petraeus, an Army general who commands US operations in Iraq... More »

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David Petraeus • Air Force • US military • US Army • apology • speech • US Air Force • US Central Command • Armed Forces • Marines

(Newser) - Violence in Afghanistan is the worst it’s been since 2001, the US commander of forces in the region announced today. Insurgents staged more than 400 attacks during the past week, compared to less than 50 per week in January 2004, the BBC reports. Gen David Petraeus said allied forces... More »

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Afghanistan • insurgents • David Petraeus • civilian casualties • violence • Afghanistan war • attacks

(Newser) - “Heavy pressure” from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki helped convince President Obama to oppose the release of Abu Ghraib torture photos sought by the ACLU, McClatchy reports. “Baghdad will burn,” Maliki reportedly told military officials. The administration cited objections from generals as the reason for the change... More »

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Abu Ghraib • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Iraqi government • Iraq war • David McKiernan • President Obama • torture photos

(Newser) - Recent US and Pakistani efforts have rattled al-Qaeda, intelligence officials tell the Washington Post, with unmanned drones having killed about half of the US’ 20 “high-value” al-Qaeda targets since last fall. Combined with Pakistan’s offensive against its Taliban allies in the Swat region, the terror group’s position... More »

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Barack Obama • Pakistan • David Petraeus • drones • al-Qaeda • President Obama

(Newser) - A new book on the surge in Iraq could offer lessons to the Obama administration about Afghanistan, Dexter Filkins writes in the New Republic. Thomas E. Ricks’ The Gamble details the success of a small band of contrarian US generals, led by David Petraeus, in... More »

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troop surge • David Petraeus • US military • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Gen. Ray Odierno • Thomas E. Ricks

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Cheney: I'm 
 Speaking Out 
 to Keep US Safe 

Petraeus says US routing al-Qaeda; Gingrich likens torture talk to McCarthyism

May 10, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney says he’s been outspoken because the Obama administration has “moved to take down a lot of those policies we put in place to keep the nation safe for 8 years.” On CBS’ Face the Nation, Cheney denied the Bush administration was in the “torture... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • Taliban • Newt Gingrich • Pakistan • David Petraeus • nuclear weapons • Jim Jones • Asif Ali Zardari

(AP) - Gen. David Petraeus said today that militant insurgents in Afghanistan are growing in strength but will be fought "relentlessly and aggressively" by bolstered American troops. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, the commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan said the United States would take the fight... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • David Petraeus • al-Qaeda • Senate Armed Services Committee • insurgency

OPINION

 Kerry Leaps 
 to Defense of 
 Hill as Iraq 
 Ambassador 


Republican objections only slow down important work

Mar 25, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anticipating GOP resistance, John Kerry goes to bat for Iraq ambassador nominee Chris Hill,  arguing in a Politico piece that he should be confirmed immediately.  Kerry's committee is considering the veteran diplomat's nomination today. Despite Hill’s lack of Middle East experience, he’s cut out for peacemaking... More »

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Iraq • Sam Brownback • John Kerry • David Petraeus • Christopher Hill • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • Iraq war

analysis

 With Talks, 
 US Looks to 
 Split Taliban 

Experts push for controversial negotiations

Mar 8, 09 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The idea of negotiating with the Taliban may seem absurd to many Americans—but experts are increasingly encouraging the Obama administration to talk with some of the group’s low-ranking members, writes Helene Cooper in the New York Times. Such a strategy could help divide the Taliban by targeting insurgents... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • David Petraeus • negotiations • Obama administration • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Afghanistan Demands 
 Broader Strategy: Kissinger 

Diffuse country calls for localized military approach

Feb 26, 09 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The US can no longer afford to follow “traditional anti-insurgency tactics” in such a large, ethnically diverse, and “forbidding territory” as Afghanistan, Henry Kissinger writes in the Washington Post. Instead of focusing on a stronger centralized government, he urges a “coherent” strategy that supports “local and... More »

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Afghanistan • military strategy • David Petraeus • US military • Henry Kissinger • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

 Afghan War 'Tougher 
 Than Iraq': Envoy 

'I have never seen anything like the mess we have inherited'

Feb 8, 09 12:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The fight to combat terrorism in Afghanistan is “going to be much tougher than Iraq,” President Obama’s envoy to Afghanistan predicted today. “It is going to be a long, difficult struggle,” Richard Holbrooke added while speaking in Munich. The comments come as two US soldiers... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • terrorism • David Petraeus • James Jones • Richard Holbrooke

Afghans Uneasy With US Plan
to Fund Militias

Strategy imported from
Iraq prompts local
fears of civil war

Dec 24, 08 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - As the US military and Afghan government prepare to arm local militias against the resurgent Taliban, many Afghans are uneasy, fearing that militias formed along ethnic lines could spiral out of control and turn on citizens, reports the New York Times. The plan, which steals a page from the Awakening... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • David Petraeus • US military • militia • Afghan militias

Bush Makes Surprise Farewell Stop in Baghdad

Will meet leaders, thank troops in mission's 'endgame'

Dec 14, 08 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush has arrived in Baghdad on a surprise farewell trip, the BBC reports. A day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the US mission in Iraq is in its “endgame,” Bush met with President Jalal Talabani; he’ll meet with other "leaders, thank the troops, and... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • US military • troop withdrawal • Jalal Talabani • George W. Bush • security pact

OPINION

 Klein: Obama's Team
of Rivals 'Strong and Wise'

Obama's rumored picks signal preference for diplomacy over militarism: Klein

Nov 21, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - If current rumblings are to be believed, Barack Obama’s national security team would be disparate indeed, consisting of Hillary Clinton at State, retired general Jim Jones as National Security Adviser, and Robert Gates sticking around as defense secretary. It’s an “extremely strong and wise,” team, writes... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • foreign policy • Jim Jones • centrist • bipartisanship • President Obama • team of rivals

ANALYSIS

Faith in Petraeus May Lead Obama Astray in Afghanistan

Could 'yes we can,' become dangerous optimism?

Nov 19, 08 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Obama’s biggest decision in the war on terror is defining the nature and extent of the military commitment in Afghanistan, Russ Hoyle writes for the Daily Beast. While the US has Gen. David Petraeus' counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq, there is no unified, coherent plan for battling the resurgent... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • Taliban • terrorism • David Petraeus • President Obama

 Military Launches 'TroopTube' 

Aimed at troops banned from YouTube

Nov 12, 08 3:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pentagon has opened an alternative internet site to YouTube for military personnel who are banned from using the popular video-sharing network, reports the San Francisco Business Times. The new "TroopTube" is an approved site where service men and woman and their families can post and view videos. Strict... More »

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Pentagon • YouTube • David Petraeus • US military • TroopTube • Military OneSource

 Pakistan Warns 
 Petraeus on 
 Missile Attacks 

General told that US cross-border strikes are giving anti-American Islamists a boost

Nov 4, 08 6:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan has told the new chief of US Central Command that missile strikes inside its territory must stop, the Guardian reports. Gen. David Petraeus was warned that the strikes on suspected al-Qaeda militants in tribal areas across the Afghan border are fanning anti-American sentiment and creating a "credibility" ... More »

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Pakistan • David Petraeus • Asif Ali Zardari • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • US-Pakistan relations • missile strike

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