David Petraeus Quotes
To a great extent, it is our money that is funding some of the problems with which we must cope.
David Petraeus, Army General, At the time, Commanding General of U. S. and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, Interview, PBS Evening News, February 2, 2011, ]The General was referring to Afghanistan where much of our contracting money ended up through contracting mistakes and corruption in the hands of Afghanis who were hostile towards some of our efforts or in some cases, the Taliban themselves. The general has issued a contracting guide to eliminate this problem.]
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What was remarkable was that all the Defense Department and military witnesses agreed with Lynch on this point.
The government of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was totally corrupt and preyed on the Afghan people. See {629318}. The United States had committed to the turnover at the end of 2013 the responsibility for maintaining the security of Afghanistan to the Afghan military and police forces who were being trained by the Americans.
The Justice Department and the White House were arguing that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to terrorist groups. See {589865}.
The Russians, who had invaded Afghanistan successfully, then proceeded to lose Afghanistan.
The Security Counsel was meeting it the Situation room at the White House
Describing the nominee for Secretary of Defense, John Tower, who left the Senate to work as a highly paid consultant for defense contractors before being nominated as Secretary:
The Mishnah was the first written codification of ancient Jewish laws and interpretations. The Books of Moses--the first 5 Books of the Old Testament was the fundamental law--God's law. The Mishnah was a combintion of administative and policy manuals and judicial precedents.
David Howell Petraeus AO, MSC is a retired United States Army general 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 served 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from July 4, 2010, to July 18, 2011. His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 13, 2008, to June 30, 2010, and as commanding general, Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) from February 10, 2007, to September 16, 2008. As commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq.
