By Phil Mattingly
Bloomberg News
November 9, 2012
CIA Director David H. Petraeus, the retired four-star general widely
commended for his oversight of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
resigned from his position due to an extramarital affair.
“After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor
judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair,” Petraeus wrote in a
letter today to Central Intelligence Agency employees. “Such behavior is
unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization
such as ours.”
President Barack Obama
accepted his resignation today. White House staff learned about
Petraeus’s resignation and affair Nov. 7, on Petraeus’s 60th birthday
and the day after Obama’s re-election to a second term, according to a
person familiar with the disclosure. Petraeus offered his resignation
yesterday in a meeting with Obama at the White House, said the person,
who requested anonymity to discuss internal matters.
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