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 General '''David Petraeus''' is the former Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and the former head of the U.S. Central Command, the region spanning from Afghanistan to EqyptEgypt. As head of the USU.S.-led multinational force in [[Iraq]] he led the successful 'Surge' strategy, destroying insurgents terrorists groups. He was unanimously confirmed by the [[US Senate]], particularly because of his long-established reputation for honesty. Speaking of honesty, Petraeus stepped down from his CIA post after getting caught in an [[honestyadultery|extramarital affair]].

Petraeus, {{age|1952|11|07}}, has a wife [[Holly Petraeus|Holly]] and two children, a son and a daughter. <ref>[http://www.dodig.mil/IGInformation/archives/LTG_Petreaus.pdf Commanding General Biography] DODIG.mil</ref> He was born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, to Sixtus and Miriam Petraeus. Attended and was a 1970 graduate of Cornwall Central High School. From there he attended [[West Point]] military academy. Petraeus would earn high marks, graduating top of his class. After graduating, he married [[Holly Petraeus]], the daughter of General [[William A. Knowlton]], a four-star general and NATO commander. He earned a M.P.A. and a Ph.D. His doctoral thesis was ''The American military and the lessons of Vietnam : a study of military influence and the use of force in the post-Vietnam era., 1987,.'' Later, he would author the manual devoted to counterinsurgency operations. This new counterinsurgency field manual became the backbone for an overwhelming success by the U.S. military in Iraq.

* [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4587&page=0 Counterinsurgency Field Manual: Afghanistan Edition] Foreign Policy, January 2009</ref>