This Week's Agenda: Petraeus' Confirmation, Saudi King Comes to DC, Job Numbers
The week was thrown into uncertainty with the death this morning of Sen. Robert Byrd. The New York Times' Marcus Mabry and The Takeaway's Charles Herman, look at that and the rest of the news coming up...
View ArticleThe Legacy of General David Petraeus
From February 10, 2007 to September 16, 2008, retired General David Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq. He was the mastermind behind the counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, and served...
View ArticlePetraeus Scandal Expands
The scandal involving General David Petraeus, his lover Paula Broadwell, and the woman vying for his attention, Jill Kelley has expanded into a sort of love pentagon.Here's a recap of what we know so...
View ArticleDavid Petraeus and the Military's Culture of Celebrity
In all the news surrounding General David Petraeus’s resignation, and the investigation into the relationship between Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, Jill Kelley, and General John Allen, there’s a central...
View ArticleDespite Resigning, Petraeus Will Testify on Benghazi
The soap opera continues. The FBI investigation into an alleged affair between General David Petraeus and biographer Paula Broadwell, which also implicated General John Allen and a Tampa-based...
View ArticleAssessing America's Counterinsurgency in Iraq
This month marks 10 years since the start of the American war in Iraq. In military operations alone, the war totaled over $800 billion and largely defined by America's counterinsurgency efforts in the...
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