David Petraeus Stories
A list of the most recent stories about David Petraeus.
Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied
President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to prevent another Benghazi-style terrorist attack. The efforts did little to satisfy Republicans, who see the controversies ...
Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security
President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, calling on lawmakers to approve his request to increase funding for diplomatic security. Obama's call was the second step in as many days designed ...
Obama promises action on a trio of controversies
President Barack Obama confronted a trio of controversies Thursday, pledging to work with Congress to ensure the federal tax agency doesn't abuse its power and urging legislators to provide more money to strengthen security at U.S. diplomatic outposts to prevent attacks like the raid that killed four Americans in Libya ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Investigations of IRS' targeting of groups is continuing in wake of ouster of top official WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner. Three congressional committees are investigating and ...
White House releases Benghazi emails under strain
The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans, who are demanding more information about the issue that opposition Republicans in Congress have used for months to attack the ...
Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points
Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the public, according to emails released Wednesday by the White House. Under pressure in the ...
Obama tries to regain control amid controversies
Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following revelations that the agency targeted conservative political groups. The moves were aimed at halting a perception spreading among both White ...
Jolie: From girl with tattoo to woman with a cause
In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob." Now she's sharing intimate details of her anatomy to help women at risk, going public with her preventive double mastectomy to greatly reduce her high odds of breast cancer. It's ...
State Dep't sought to change Libya talking points
Political considerations influenced the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Benghazi, Libya, with State Department and other senior administration officials asking that references to terror groups and prior warnings be deleted, according to department emails. The latest disclosures Friday ...
CBS' Miller rises above the fray in Boston case
If John Miller had scheduled an earlier flight, the CBS News coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath would have been much weaker. Miller was driving home on the afternoon of April 15 to pick up his wife for their flight to a vacation in Florence, Italy. A ...
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday: 1. NEW HUNT FOR CULPRIT IN RICIN CASE Officials searched another man's house after officials dropped charges of sending poison-filled letters to the president against Paul Kevin Curtis. 2. TRACKING WHO KNEW WHAT ...
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 ...
Debate still rages over Iraq war
and Joe HallettColumbus DispatchWASHINGTON — At first, everything seemed so easy: U.S. and British forces swarmed into Iraq, seized Baghdad within three weeks and toppled the statute of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. What could possibly go wrong?The answer, as it turned out, was a lot. A search for Saddam’s supposed ...
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 ...
U.S. safer following 9/11, analysts say
WASHINGTON — When terrorists attacked New York and Washington in 2001, the Middle East was firmly in control of authoritarian leaders. Some of them were staunch allies of the United States who tolerated the growing threat from Osama bin Laden.A decade later, bin Laden is dead, al-Qaida has been set ...
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