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General David H. Petraeus, USA (Retired)
General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army (Ret.) has served in government for 38 and a half years, culminating his military career with six consecutive commands as a general officer.
Biography general petraeus
Five of those six commands were in combat – including the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and NATO and US Forces in Afghanistan. He then served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, following Senate confirmation by a vote of 94-0, during a period of significant achievement in the fight against Islamist extremists.
After graduating with distinction from the US Military Academy, Petraeus then earned a Ph.D. at Princeton University and completed a Fellowship at Georgetown. He is the only person in US Army history to be the top graduate of both the Army’s demanding Ranger Course and the year-long Command and General Staff College Course.
He has held academic appointments at the US Military Academy, the City University of New York’s Honors College, H