{"id":7462,"date":"2012-11-12T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T03:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2012-11-17T10:24:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T17:24:47","slug":"strange-timing-after-election-and-before-congressional-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2012\/11\/12\/strange-timing-after-election-and-before-congressional-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Timing: After Election And Before Congressional Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Strange Timing: After Election And Before Congressional Testimony<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_7463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7463\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cia_Seal.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cia_Seal-300x300.png?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cia_Seal\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cia_Seal.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cia_Seal.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cia_Seal.png?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engraved on the floor of the lobby at Langley is John 8:32: &#8220;&#8230;Ye shall know the truth and it shall set you free.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><i>[Memo]<\/i><\/p>\n<h1>General David H. Petraeus Resigns<\/h1>\n<h2>Statement to Employees from General David H. Petraeus (US Army Retired)<\/h2>\n<p><i>From <a href=\"http:\/\/cia.gov\">cia.gov<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>November 9, 2012<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as D\/CIA.  After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. This afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation.<\/p>\n<p>As I depart Langley, I want you to know that it has been the greatest of privileges to have served with you, the officers of our Nation\u2019s Silent Service, a work force that is truly exceptional in every regard. Indeed, you did extraordinary work on a host of critical missions during my time as director, and I am deeply grateful to you for that.<\/p>\n<p>Teddy Roosevelt once observed that life\u2019s greatest gift is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing. I will always treasure my opportunity to have done that with you and I will always regret the circumstances that brought that work with you to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your extraordinary service to our country, and best wishes for continued success in the important endeavors that lie ahead for our country and our Agency.<\/p>\n<p>With admiration and appreciation,<\/p>\n<p>David H. Petraeus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strange Timing: After Election And Before Congressional Testimony Tweet [Memo] General David H. Petraeus Resigns Statement to Employees from General David H. Petraeus (US Army Retired) From cia.gov November 9, 2012 Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as D\/CIA. After being married for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[740,579,625],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-reflected-news","category-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2006\/06\/07\/the-6606-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":7462,"position":0},"title":"the 6\/6\/06 election","author":"admin","date":"June 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The Republican's Grand Olde Nazi Party stole another election here in the Fiftieth Congressional District yesterday too by smearing lies about Francine Busby and saying she was for illegal alien amnesty because she is a liberal democrat. 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