David Petraeus
David Petraeus
David Howell Petraeus AOis a retired American military officer and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus was a highly decorated four-star general, serving over 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the International Security Assistance Forceand Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistanfrom July 4, 2010, to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth7 November 1952
CountryUnited States of America
The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job.