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David Petraeus

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Also known as David Howell Petraeus, David H. Petraeus, David H Petraeus

U.S. Army general and public official (born 1952)

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  • Past As Prologue
  • Conflict
  • Promises Betrayed
  • Surge
  • Hunting the Caliphate

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Person
Active from
1947-01-08
Active to
2016-01-10

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  • In the absence of orders, figure out what they should have been and execute aggressively.
  • Syria has allowed its soil to be transited by foreign fighters who have come from a variety of source countries in the Gulf area and in the — in North African countries. There are some signs that that may have been reduced somewhat in the last couple of months. We need to watch that a bit and see if that is the case.
  • Iran, as we have already discussed, has carried out very, very harmful activities inside Iraq. Funding, trainings, arming and, in some cases, even directing the activities of the special groups associated with the Jaish al-Mahdi and the Sadr Militia.
  • Political progress will only take place if sufficient security exists.

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Key facts

President
Barack Obama
Deputy
Michael Morell
Preceded by
Leon Panetta
Succeeded by
John Brennan
Born
David Howell Petraeus , ( 1952-11-07 ) 7 November 1952 (age 73) , Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York , U.S.
Party
Republican (before 2002) , Independent (since 2002)
Spouse
Holly Knowlton ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 ) ​
Education
United States Military Academy ( BS ), Princeton University ( MPA , PhD )
Allegiance
United States
Branch service
United States Army
Years of service
1974–2011
Rank
General
Awards
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (4), Army Distinguished Service Medal (3), Defense Superior Service Medal (2), Legion of Merit (4), Bronze Star with valor , NATO Meritorious Service Medal , Officer of the Order of Australia , ( More )

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birth name
David Howell Petraeus
Commons category
David Petraeus
date of birth
1952-11-07
start of work period
1974-00-00
end of work period
2011-00-00
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David Howell Petraeus (/pɪˈtreɪ.əs/; born 7 November 1952) is a retired United States Army general who served as the fourth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from September 2011 until his resignation in November 2012. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus served 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from July 2010 to July 2011. His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 2008 to June 2010, and as commanding general, Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) from February 2007 to September 2008. As commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq.

Petraeus was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College class of 1983. He later served as assistant professor of international relations at the United States Military Academy and also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University. Since 2022, he has taught courses in international relations at Yale University as a Kissinger Senior Fellow of the university's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.

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