Friday, June 24, 2011

General David Petraeus will retire from the military

Updated from Yahoo:
Petraeus said that upong moving over to the CIA, he would retire from an almost four-decade career in the army, hang up his uniform, and address CIA employees with the message: "You all should know that I'm here to recruit you, and I know that you're here to recruit me," Pincus reported. Petraeus said he would be "reaching out, reaching down," and would make a point of eating lunch in the CIA cafeteria several times a week--in the tradition of his predecessor, Leon Panetta, who won unanimous confirmation in the Senate this week as the new secretary of Defense.

If he does win confirmation, Petraeus has made it clear that he'll be operating on far tighter budget constraints than he did as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The entire annual CIA budget now represents less than the cost of one month of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

Comments:
Do you mean that he could do both legally and they are considering it? I scanned the linked to piece quickly and saw no reference to that. I would not doubt it though.
 

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