David Petraeus
Chicago Memorial Day Parade, State Street from Lake to Van Buren, May 26, 2012
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I felt nothing short of awe watching our troopers faithfully carry out their difficult missions day after day, month after month, year after year
MG Ken Tovo is one of the most talented officers in our Army's senior ranks and clearly is one of our nation's Special Operations Forces' superstars
That can hold off a lot of troubleMore quotes »
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Report: Osama bin Laden plotted to kill President Barack Obama
bin Laden plotted to kill President Barack Obama and Gen. David Petraeus , according to a report on Friday.The plan to target Obama and Petraeus was described in a document U.S. forces found in bin Ladens compound after he was killed, The Washington Post reported. Read more »
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Pakistan’s Spymaster Postpones US Visit
Pakistan's chief spymaster on Monday postponed a visit to the United States in the latest sign of tensions between the two allies struggling to get their relationship back on track. Pakistan and the United States have been at loggerheads over Pakistan's from THISDAY LIVE Read more »
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Ryan Crocker Slips Quietly Away
Washington’s foreign policy elite loves to mock the overuse of the cliché “graveyard of empires,” but it seems as though the last decade of our increasingly failed bid in Afghanistan is littered with lackluster epitaphs for American generals, envoys and from AntiWar.com Read more »
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Teachers and students at West Point question US war doctrine
For two centuries, the United States Military Academy has produced generals for America’s wars, among them Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George S. Patton and David H. Petraeus. It is where President George W. Bush delivered what became known as his pr from Eideard Read more »
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Shadow 'enhanced platoons' meet growing need in Afghanistan
By James Ryan and Sofia Bledsoe Program Executive Office, Aviation HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - When the Afghan theater commander called on the Army to increase the number of Shadow platoons in theater during the height of the 2011 Operation Enduring Freedom summe from DVIDS Read more »
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Quinn Preps For Busy Week in Springfield
Before the Parade march began, CIA Director David Petraeus, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Gov. Pat Quinn joined to in Daley Plaza for a ceremony to recognize the names fallen service men along with their families. Michelle Relerford reports. Quinn's plan to he from NBC Chicago Read more »
