Read more David Petraeus stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1511/david-petraeus.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:55:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71043/petraeus-secretly-treated-for-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGen. David Petraeus was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in February but underwent successful radiation treatment at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the military disclosed today. A spokesman for Petraeus said the treatment had little effect on the general's job and Petraeus did make at least one overseas trip...http://www.newser.com/story/71043/petraeus-secretly-treated-for-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 6:04:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70930/petraeus-goes-quiet-for-good-or-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBy the end of George W. Bush's second term David Petraeus was the country's most famous military man, carpeting the media with interviews and pressing the flesh on Capitol Hill. The general who personified the Iraq troop surge is still around, and spoke up in strategy sessions with Barack Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/70930/petraeus-goes-quiet-for-good-or-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 6:11:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68616/petraeus-2012-gop-mulls-new-candidates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith President Obama’s poll numbers sinking, Republicans are feeling more confident about 2012—and eying a new crop of potential candidates, Politico reports. Among them: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman who’s slammed Obama but is also ready to criticize his own party, and Gen. David Petraeus, head...http://www.newser.com/story/68616/petraeus-2012-gop-mulls-new-candidates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 6:30:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68045/petraeus-sorry-for-razzing-air-force.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe head of US Central Command has apologized to the Air Force after making a joke at the service's expense, the Air Force Times reports. A rep for the Air Force chief of staff said the apology was accepted. David Petraeus, an Army general who commands US operations in Iraq...http://www.newser.com/story/68045/petraeus-sorry-for-razzing-air-force.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 13:53:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61661/afghanistan-attacks-at-record-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagViolence in Afghanistan is the worst it’s been since 2001, the US commander of forces in the region announced today. Insurgents staged more than 400 attacks during the past week, compared to less than 50 per week in January 2004, the BBC reports. Gen David Petraeus said allied forces are...http://www.newser.com/story/61661/afghanistan-attacks-at-record-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 22:06:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60799/iraq-pm-influenced-obama-torture-photo-decision.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“Heavy pressure” from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki helped convince President Obama to oppose the release of Abu Ghraib torture photos sought by the ACLU, McClatchy reports. “Baghdad will burn,” Maliki reportedly told military officials. The administration cited objections from generals as the reason for the change in opinion, but...http://www.newser.com/story/60799/iraq-pm-influenced-obama-torture-photo-decision.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 14:33:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60680/us-pakistani-attacks-have-rattled-al-qaeda-analysts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecent US and Pakistani efforts have rattled al-Qaeda, intelligence officials tell the Washington Post , with unmanned drones having killed about half of the US’ 20 “high-value” al-Qaeda targets since last fall. Combined with Pakistan’s offensive against its Taliban allies in the Swat region, the terror group’s position in Pakistan’s mountains...http://www.newser.com/story/60680/us-pakistani-attacks-have-rattled-al-qaeda-analysts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 15:27:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58771/surge-worked-in-iraq-but-beware-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new book on the surge in Iraq could offer lessons to the Obama administration about Afghanistan, Dexter Filkins writes in the New Republic . Thomas E. Ricks’ The Gamble details the success of a small band of contrarian US generals, led by David Petraeus, in turning around the war. But...http://www.newser.com/story/58771/surge-worked-in-iraq-but-beware-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 17:52:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58568/cheney-im-speaking-out-to-keep-us-safe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDick Cheney says he’s been outspoken because the Obama administration has “moved to take down a lot of those policies we put in place to keep the nation safe for 8 years.” On CBS’ Face the Nation , Cheney denied the Bush administration was in the “torture business” and said he’d...http://www.newser.com/story/58568/cheney-im-speaking-out-to-keep-us-safe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 10:32:07 CDT