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Across US, Veterans Day commemorations under way

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By JESSICA GRESKO and KEVIN McGILLAssociated Press Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States. The holiday falls on a Sunday, and the federal observance is on Monday. It's the first such day honoring the men and women who

Across US, Veterans Day commemorations under way

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Petraeus' biographer a military reservist, scholar

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of 2006, when she was a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He was a lieutenant general working on a counterinsurgency manual that would be tested during his command in

Soldier's insider attack story is part of training

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By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Not a day goes by that Zach Camp doesn't replay that terrible August day over in his mind. Was there anything he could have done differently? Were there any signs that an Afghan Army soldier was going to turn his machine gun on the

Highlights of Gen. David Petraeus' Army career

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By The Associated Press Highlights from of the career of David Petraeus, 60, the Iraq and Afghanistan war general who went on to lead the CIA until he announced Friday that he resigned because he had been carrying on an extramarital affair: - Graduated in 1974 from the U.S. Military Academy at

Gen. David Petraeus: soldier, scholar, statesman

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By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - At the close of his time commanding U.S. forces in Iraq, at the height of a legendary military career, Gen. David Petraeus was lauded by his boss, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates, as "one of our nation's great battle captains

Official: Emails from paramour led to FBI probe

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By KIMBERLY DOZIER and PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Paula Broadwell, to another woman, and eventually led the FBI to discover the affair, U.S. officials

Official: Emails from paramour led to FBI probe

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Iraq marked highlight of Petraeus' Army career

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CIA Director Petraeus quits: extramarital affair

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By ADAM GOLDMAN and CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - David Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. The affair was