 AP Photo David Petraeus' intellectualism was crucial to the U.S. military. Now the nation loses his skills. TAGGED: United States, Afghanistan, Iraq, CIA, David PetraeusRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| A detailed CIA timeline of the assault on U.S. facilities in Benghazi paints an anguishing picture of embattled Americans waiting for Libyan local security forces that didn’t come and courageous CIA officers who died on a... more ›› |
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