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I am not going to second-guess my old battlefield comrades from Iraq and Afghanistan; each has his own reason for what he has done.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Afghanistan Am Battlefield Comrades Done Each Going He His Iraq Old Own Reason Second-Guess I Am

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I don't comment directly on actions or statements of candidates.

~David Petraeus

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Only Nixon could have gone to China. Anyone else would have been criticised from the Right.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Been China Could Else Gone Nixon Only Right Would

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If you're asked, you've got to serve - put aside any reservations based on campaign rhetoric... and figure out what's best for the country.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Any Aside Asked Based Best Campaign Country Figure Got Out Put Reservations Rhetoric Serve You

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To do de-Baathification without an agreed process of reconciliation threw tens of thousands of people out of their jobs, out of their homes, out of their future, and even robbed them of their position in society.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Agreed Even Future Homes Jobs Out People Position Process Reconciliation Robbed Society Tens Tens Of Thousands Them Thousands Thousands Of People Threw Without

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The word 'insurgency' had connotations that really sent a shiver down the spine of folks in Washington, in the United States - for good reason, because it means this is something much bigger than just a few terrorist cells.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Because Bigger Cells Down Few Folks Good Good Reason Had Insurgency Just Means Much Really Reason Sent Something Spine States Terrorist Than United United States Washington Word

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I really started to get a sense of how, if you will, special Zarqawi was, I guess, sort of midway through 2004.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Get Guess How Midway Really Sense Sort Special Started Through Will You

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I don't vote.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Vote

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I've truly tried to be apolitical.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Tried Truly

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The truth is that a number of us have been saying for quite some time that it was only a matter of time until someone went to a gun show, bought a military-like semi-automatic assault weapon with a large capacity magazine, and did enormous damage.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Assault Been Bought Capacity Damage Did Enormous Gun Large Magazine Matter Number Only Quite Quite Some Time Saying Show Some Someone Time Truth Truth Is Until Us Weapon

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: November 7th, 1952

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